NOTE: the DVD-recording drivers have been added to the OpenSource part on May 15th 2006 with cdrtools-2.01.01a09. See ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/ There is no longer a need for a key. *** The free key is in the file README and in cdrecord-wrapper.sh *** Please carefully read the whole text below specially _all_ Notes before you send a mail To: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de The mail needs to have the following Subject or at least contain the folling words in the same order: If you need a key for private/noncommercial or educational purpose: Subject: ProDVD private license key The mail needs to contain the following text (on separate lines!): Full Name: Mail: OS Type: CPU: Intended Use: Private users who like to have a non-expiring key for a platform covered by the free (but expiring) key are treated as commercial users. So all the Linux users who request a key because did not read this file correcly will be treated as commercial users. If the above is not true, use: Subject: ProDVD commercial license key For a commercial key, I also need: HostID: MAC: ******************** NOTE - Private users on Solaris, Linux and other platforms where the free key works who like to have a permanent (non expiring) key are treated as commercial users. In order to receive a commercial key, you need to specify your hostid or Ethernet MAC address (depending on the OS). See above for more information. - A reply to the incoming mail is usually send once a week. If I am on holidays or o a business travel, it may take even longer. - If you send more than one such mail per day, you will get no reply. - If your mail canot be automatically replied to you, or if sending a reply to the address you send the mail from does not work, you will never receive a key. - If your mail contains HTML code, you will get no reply. - If your mail contains attachements, you will get no reply. - If your mail contains non plain text, you will get no reply. - If your mail contains noreal name, you will get no reply. - If your mail is send from a fake account, you will get no reply. - If you ask for a free key for one of the platforms supported in the free key and don't include a good reason why you can't live with the free key, you get no reply. To be more explicit, if you like a free key for _Linux_ you will need a very goot reason, as Linux is in the list of operating systems covered by the free key. - If you like to have a key for a Platform that is in the Platform list in the free key you should have a reason (such as running on a submarine without internet access). If you like to have a key for a Platform that is not in the Platform list of the free key, name your Platform and the reason. - If you don't include Platform and reason, you will get no reply. ******************** .