erland wrote: > In reality, it's not legally possible for anybody except for Logitech to > make the LMS nor firmware binaries available for download, you can > obviously do it but you would violate the license and take the risk of > being sued by Logitech and/or its partners. However, keeping a local > backup for yourself is of course ok as long as you don't re-distribute > it.
Why would that be? I can understand about the firmware. If it contains closed source parts, then no, we cannot redistribute it. LMS is another matter. This is open source, and everyone has the right to redistribute it. The name might be a problem. Certainly "Logitech Media Server" is not allowed, because it contains a trademarked name. LMS might be allowed. The old name "Squeezebox Server" might be allowed. Whilst Squeezebox is registered, using it as part of a name is not necessarily not allowed, since it is software to serve a Squeezebox (but this explanation might be pushing it). (Interestingly, the name Squeezebox is also registered as "Adult sexual aids, namely, artificial vagina; and medical apparatus used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction") In fact, if Logitech takes a step down in the development, transforming this into a true community project might have some positive sides. A lot of open bugs are in the open source code, and these can finally be fixed in a community version. lrossouw wrote: > We also need to think about what the closed source parts of the firmware > are and if we need it? Is it essential stuff? I don't know? Not an expert here, but I think the firmware contains Linux, drivers for the (touch) screen, drivers for the sound card, and codecs for the different sound formats. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96208 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
