From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750814AbWBIWeG (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:34:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750815AbWBIWeG (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:34:06 -0500 Received: from watts.utsl.gen.nz ([202.78.240.73]:21918 "EHLO mail.utsl.gen.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750814AbWBIWeF (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:34:05 -0500 Message-ID: <43EBC351.1060601@vilain.net> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:33:53 +1300 From: Sam Vilain User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zoltan Boszormenyi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) References: <43EB7E28.2030208@freemail.hu> In-Reply-To: <43EB7E28.2030208@freemail.hu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote: > Folks, please, cdrecord is GPL, at least up to 2.01.01a06. > Take this version and ask for help from the wizards at forum.rpc1.org > in forking. They drink, eat and breath CD-R[W] and DVD+-R[W] firmwares, > they surely know vendor commands, they must be able to understand > Jörg's software and maybe improve upon it. They can validate the > ossdvd patch, and fix it if it's buggy. For those who don't know, > there even exists a firmware updater for Pioneer DVD+-RW > drives that work on Linux with /dev entries, on a live system, > without the need for a reboot... http://lasvegas.rpc1.org/ This sounds like a sensible idea. I honestly don't understand why people let themselves get all worked up and spend so much energy on someone who's clearly diverging in their ideals from the spirit of the community. I also don't know why they think they have a right to demand things of a volunteer in the first place. The only difference between this troll and any other troll is that the troll is the original author and copyright holder, but he appears to have stepped down as a Free Software author. Why spend effort on trolls when you can instead branch/fork the code base and spend that effort productively? Sam.