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diff --git a/system/cdrkit/README b/system/cdrkit/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..a382b17c4f062 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/cdrkit/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +This is a fork of the last free GPL version of cdrtools. + icedax -- CD audio sampling utility (formerly cdda2wav). + wodim -- burn discs in most ATAPI and SCSI CD-R drives (formerly cdrecord). + genisoimage -- create ISO9660/HFS/Joliet CD-ROM images (formerly mkisofs). + +CDRKit was forked from CDRTools because of an alleged license +incompatibility that would make it impossible to distribute +(combining GPL and CDDL code in the same binary). +See http://debburn.alioth.debian.org/FORK for more details, +but note that the issue is not settled - there are arguments +that the interaction between the CDDL-licensed portion (the build +tools) and the GPL-licensed portion (the actual code) is such +that there is no license incompatibility. We at SlackBuilds.org +are not taking a stance on that - we simply provide the build script +if you wish to use it. + +This package will conflict with cdrtools - in other words, you need +to remove cdrtools before installing cdrkit. + +This script will create symlinks for mkisofs and cdda2wav for backwards +compatibility with cdrtools and previous versions of cdrkit. |