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cdrkit is a collection of computer programs for CD and DVD authoring that work on Unix-like systems. The creation of cdrkit was initiated by the Debian project, as a fork of cdrtools. cdrkit is released under the GNU General Public License version 2. Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Mandriva Linux, openSUSE and Ubuntu all include cdrkit. Joerg Jaspert is cdrkit's leader and release manager.
[edit] ComponentsMajor components include:
[edit] Front-endsOther software can use cdrkit tools in the back-end. cdrkit tools will maintain interface compatibility with cdrtools 2.01.01a08 at least for the near future.[1] Numerous programs can therefore use it, including K3b. [edit] ForkLicense issues in 2006 cdrtools versions prompted Debian cdrtools maintainers to fork cdrtools into cdrkit.[1][2][3] Jörg Schilling, the primary developer of cdrtools, changed cdrtools to use a new build system under the Common Development and Distribution License license. Schilling had in previous occasions also released code for cdrecord with a license prohibiting certain changes,[clarification needed] thereby preventing distribution of cdrtools as free software.[4] The Debian developers who packaged cdrtools stated publicly that Debian could no longer distribute cdrtools because the GPL forbids packaging GPL code with code under a license that includes incompatible restrictions. Debian developer Don Armstrong suggested dual-licensing as one possible solution. Jörg Schilling argued that there was no license problem, and did not agree to make any changes to cdrtools.[5] Faced with an impasse, the Debian developers made copies of the last cdrtools source files licensed under the GPL, renamed the tools, and released the result under the GPL as cdrkit.[6] Jörg Schilling stated on the cdrecord website that the whole licensing issue is a "fairy tale" fabricated by people after a patch to support UTF-8 on mkisofs was rejected by Schilling because "the code quality of this patch was lousy", and called the fork an attack on the cdrtools project.[7] According to him, the Debian fork is in conflict with GPL and Copyright and uses the original program names without permission from the authors, so it cannot be legally distributed. [8] [edit] See also[edit] References
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