cdrkit is a collection of computer programs for CD and DVD authoring that work on Unix-like systems. cdrkit is released under the GNU General Public License version 2. Arch Linux, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Mandriva Linux, openSUSE and Ubuntu all include cdrkit. Joerg Jaspert is cdrkit's leader and release manager.
It was created in 2006 by Debian developers as a fork of cdrtools based on the last GPL-licensed version when cdrtools licensing changed.[1]
Components
Major components include:
- wodim (an acronym for write optical disk media), which was forked from the cdrecord program in cdrtools.
- icedax (an acronym for incredible digital audio extractor), which was forked from the cdda2wav program in cdrtools.
- genisoimage (short for generate ISO image), which was forked from the mkisofs program in cdrtools.
Front-ends
Other software can use cdrkit tools in the back-end. cdrkit tools will maintain interface compatibility with cdrtools 2.01.01a08 at least for the near future.[1] Numerous programs can therefore use it, including Brasero (the default GNOME Desktop CD/DVD application), K3b (the default KDE desktop application), and X-CD-Roast (desktop environment independent).
History
A license dispute arose between the Debian maintainers and cdrtools author Jörg Schilling.[2] The Debian developers assert that the GPL license is not compatible with the CDDL license that covers part of the cdrtools code.[2] In contrast, cdrtools maintainer Jörg Schilling states that there is no problem with the license,[3] and also asserts that the Debian fork is not legally redistributable.[4]
Schilling has also claimed that the cdrkit fork reintroduced various bugs from the first versions of cdrtools, which were already fixed in later cdrtools versions.[5]
wodim and cdrecord differences
cdrecord provides localization support.[6]
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