| Developer(s) | Debian Project |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.1.11 / October 17, 2010 |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | CD/DVD-writing |
| License | GPL version 2 |
| Website | www.cdrkit.org |
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. ArchLinux, 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]
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Major components include:
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).
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]
The most recent version of cdrecord, as of April 2011, was version 3.01a04.
Wodim is based on cdrtools-2.01 (from September 9 2004) and the wodim version that shipped within Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 (as of spring 2011) had version number 1.1.9 - a file from October 26 2008.
cdrecord provides functionality for blue ray devices, all DVD and CD media and localization support. [6]
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