Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:37:37 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux try #2 |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>>Someone remind me why the whole world is a prisoner to Joerg's cd >>>burning program? >>> >>>Anybody can write their own, and if Joerg is a pain to work with that >>>is a double extra incentive for this other implementation to be >>>written. >>> >>>In fact I'm very surprised this hasn't happened already. >> >>Because Jorg has maintained the program for a decade, has found and supported >>new vendors and devices, he seems to get new hardware sooner than most, and >>many programs and scripts use his program as an output stage. >> > > > Because cdrecord (and recently -prodvd) work. And they are "somewhat free". > There are not much dvd-dl writing programs around that do it without crashing > freezing or foobaring the disc. You are right, I could go to Nero or Nero4Linux > ("the best of burning from Windows now for Linux"), but I don't. > > >>he thinks his >>DVD-pro thing will make money but the last time I checked he didn't tke credit >>cards or paypal > > > The last time I checked, prodvd was free for non-commercial purposes and - as > far as I can *guess* - is free for commercial purposes as long as they give > notice that it is being used. Unless commercials disguise using the > non-commercial key.
Free, but not open source, and that's an issue with a mission critical application. For home use it doesn't matter, for business use it really does. Only one person has the source, and he could be hit by a bus like anyone else. Or if he uses as much tact in person as he does in email, he might become unavailable at any moment.
I wasn't complaining about the price of ProDVD, just noting that when it first came out I tried to buy a license and found that Paypal wasn't an option.
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