CDDL+GPL still an issue?

[Conan Kudo (ニール・ゴンパ)]

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Jon Ciesla <limburgher at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Tom Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On 05/14/2012 10:06 AM, Simone Caronni wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I would like to know if there are still issues with CDDL packages in
> Fedora.
> >>
> >> It is not my intention to start a flame, I'm simply asking if that's
> >> still the case or if I can fill a Review Request for the infamous
> >> cdrtools in Fedora:
> >
> > No. We're not including cdrtools in Fedora. Consider it pre-emptively
> > legally blocked.
> >
> > The last time this topic was brought up, I took the time to identify all
> > of the legal issues around it (and attempt to dispel some of Mr.
> > Schilling's crazy):
> >
> >
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legal-list/2009-July/msg00000.html
> >
> > I've also added it to the Forbidden Items list:
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items#cdrtools
>
> Ah, the memories.
>
> -J
>
> > ~tom
> >
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Mr Schilling is just a special kind of crazy. He seems to have a rather
warped view of copyright law. And since when were forks illegal? Do we know
exactly what parts of cdrtools cause the legal incompatibilities?
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