For the record, the use of CDDL build system is a GPL violation because the licenses are incompatible - however the FSF recognizes the CDDL as a Free Software license.
It still prevents us from (legally) redistributing the by-product of it, but it's doesn't exactly make it non-free software. Dislaimer: I'm only commenting on the CDDL/GPL thing, there my be other issues with this package. On 10/12/07, Markus Laire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/07, Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 16:14 +0300, Markus Laire wrote: > > > On 9/20/07, Chris Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, all. > > > > 2) If found to be non-free, what will the effect be of removing > > > > cdrtools from gNS. Anyone know which packages it will break? > > > > > > It will remove CD/DVD-writing support from gNS. It will break all > > > packages which depends on CD/DVD-writing ability. > > > > > > Debian has fixed this situation by replacing cdrtools with cdrkit. If > > > gNS accepts cdrkit as free software, then gNS could do the same. If > > > not, gNS might have a big problem here. > > > > We would have to backport and maintain it for ourselves - a real pita a > > around. > > yes, unless gNS switches to newer Ubuntu as base (cdrkit is included > in Ubuntu Feisty and Ubuntu Gutsy) > > > Wasnt there questions about cdrkit's freedom too? > > Yes, which is why I said "If gNS accepts cdrkit as free software..." > > -- > Markus Laire > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
