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# @(#)LIMITATIONS 1.3 09/04/10 Copyright 2002-2007 J. Schilling
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This software is under CDDL but you should read the following clarifications:
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- You may not modify certain copyright messages in cdrecord.c
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See cdrecord.c for further information.
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- You may (with a few exceptions) not modify the location of the
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configuration file /etc/default/cdrecord.
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See defaults.c for further information.
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The Author does encourage you to make changes in consent with him.
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Since this if free software, you are of course free to make any
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modifications you seem fit. However, if you choose to do this,
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the restrictions (see below) apply.
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Note that the fact that the Author is disallowing you to change things that
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affect global compatibility and the fact that you are required to warn people
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in case you did use an unapproved build system is not in violation with
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http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
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or
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http://www.debian.org/social_contract
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as you are still allowed to make any changes you like in case you:
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- clearly document that you don't care about compatibility (e.g. identical
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behavior on all supported platforms) or quality (in case you use an
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unaproved build system)
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- clearly document that you did create a globally incompatible version
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- clearly document that you document your reasons and the background for
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the modifications you did make
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- clearly also inform all users about the official behavior of the
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original version of the program and avoid to confuse users with
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spreading usage information that does not add a hint that this
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information does not apply to the original version.
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In case that you create a variant of cdrecord that is too different from the
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original, you should think about using a different name. Note that as e.g.
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many people use the name "dvdrecord" when talking about the DVD-enabled
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origional version of cdrecord. For this reason, I believe that "dvdrecord"
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is a too similar name.
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In case that you change the behavior of the dev= option on a platform that
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is already supported by the files in the original source distribution,
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this is considered to be a significant deviation. You need to change the name
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for such a variant.
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Note that you need to distribute this file together with the sources
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in case you publish the original version or modified variants.
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