1. Codec licensing is a big one. Some codecs, like MPEG4 require licensing for playback AND for recording. Also, MPEG2, AAC, etc. To release a "boxed" version of Freevo, you'd have to cripple those things or find a way to pay for them all. Of course, DVD playback requires a separate MPEG2 and DVD license.
2. Lack of controls. One of the things I like about Freevo is the lack of controls; but if you could get sued very easily by cable/TV companies if you allowed people to burn DRM-free copies of things. I'm not saying the lawsuits would have any merit, but it would hurt before you got started.
The "free" in freevo would be at risk because of the variety of laws, patents, and arbitrary restrictions on fair use.
Aubin
On 13-Oct-03, at 4:03 PM, Peter Svensson wrote:
I hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot here, but I am certain that I'm
not the only person intent on actually selling boxes with freevo in them.
The remote update idea is great. I've already worked on that idea from a
retailers perspective (Blocking stolen machines, et.c.).
But riddle me this;
Q: What's the difference between Redhat corp. and the loosely knitted freevo
community?
A: Redhat knows it's company :-)=
What I mean is that if one found a model (and I don't have one right on the
top of my head - but that doesn't mean we can't find one) for developing,
distributing and supporting freevo in a commercial manner, everybody could
benefit.
I'm thinking something along the lines of developers getting kickbacks for
every _commercially sold_ system, support organizations (or individuals)
sell support 'packages' (6 mo/1 yr) to the retailers (myself included :)
which resell them to the customers who funds the whole shebang.
I have absolutely no idea whether a) Anyone would want anything like this,
b) If it is at all legal, Gnu-wise. ALl I know is that every hardware
company on earth is dropping something freevo-like on the market at the
moment and freevo kicks the butt of everything I've seen - with a few
features missing here and there (SAT-card reader stuff, for instance) - but
oh, the configurability.
Now, go ahead and call me names :)
Respectfully, Peter.
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Från: Robert Rozman
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Skickat: 2003-10-13 21:36
Ämne: [Freevo-devel] Internet update/plugin selection framework for Freevo ?
Hello,
I've been thinking about some proper way/system to solve problem of user
friendliness and remote updates/plugins selections through some easier
interfaces in Freevo. I'm speech recognition researcher and use CSLU
Speech
tookit. They have web update service, where user remotely update or
select/deselect current software modules.
I'm sure that when Freevo is coming to more mature state where core
wouldn't
be so much in development and a lot of plugins will arise - we need some
easy way of doing this.
Any thoughts, ideas, code in this direction? Is twisted right framework for the job? Are there any other possibilities under Python ?
Regards,
Robert.
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