cdrkit isoinfo and iso-info

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 07/28/2009 02:36 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:

>>
> Antonio seems to have clearly identified the GPL paragraphs which are
> not followed, IANAL but I don't think there's a option to "discard"
> complaints.

Yes, there is. Invalid complaints are discarded all the time. If the
author disagrees, he is free to go to court over it.

 I confess I never really looked at that part of the GPL
> before, but it seems to say what Antonio says it does.

Then read the GPL first and consult with a lawyer if you are in doubt.
It is hard enough to form a informed opinion after reading it. Making a
judgement without even reading it seems premature.

>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legal-list/2009-July/msg00000.html
>>
> In any case RH has decided that they can ignore this rather than stop
> using the name and resolve it.

The complaint was never about the name. Even assuming cdrecord is a
trademark (which it isn't), symlinks are hardly a legal issue. There is
no point in pretending it is.

Rahul