The software is open source and the hardware is really old and full of no longer available parts, you'd have to completely redesign it anyway, so you can just as well start from scratch or with one of the 3rd party projects which are more modern anyway.
I doubt contracts would be transferable unless you buy a legal entity which there isn't anymore. No, there are few reasons keeping someone from building a Squeezebox-compatible device except for the obvious problem that it's a real PITA to get all the legal and licensing stuff set straight for any consumer electronics device. It's a huge difference between selling components and selling a functioning system, you need software- and patent licenses (for codecs), conformance certificates and all of that. That's the real issue. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 8, the Universal App for iOS 7 and iOS 8* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103515 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
