>From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>AFAIK, I am the only author who did major contributions and I _do_
>>already allow this kind of usage with cdrecord....
>>
>>Minor contributors have no own rights on the work.
>Joerg, cdrecord isn't the topic of discussion here right now.
Well, about 1/3 of the cdrdao source code is Copyright J�rg Schilling
and the code is taken from the cdrecord distribution....
>>>If in doubt however, one should contact a copyright/patent
>>>lawyer.
>>
>>You definitely should...
>I don't need to do that. I do not have source code of my
>authorship right now which is in violation of the GPL, or being
>used in a piece of software which GPL violation is taking place.
>If some of my own code does end up in such a situation, I would
>indeed do so.
The reason why I added this note is that you did make many statements that do
not apply at all. Instead you mentioned many things that only apply to the USA.
Please keep in mind:
- cdrdao & cdrecord are written in Germany so European
law (not US law) applies.
- The European union has more inhabitants than the USA so even more
potential users live in the European union.
- If you look at all Open Source / Free Software projects,
you will find that Authors from the European Union did write most
of the code so for most of the Free Software around US law does not
apply at all.
J�rg
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