I've just read the License and I have one main doubt.

What does it mean when it refers to a "third party"?, is it refering to
other hardware that is not the Squeezebox Controller? , or to any
organization/person who is not Logitech or myself?

After reading the Licence, I think one is allowed to make any
modifications and add new code, but it seems it will only be allowed to
be used inside the boundaries of the *Jive/SqueezeOS Platform*, that
is... once we add -new code- to the *Jive/SqueezeOS Platform*, it will
be "trapped/contained" inside the *Jive/SqueezeOS Platform*, so in
order to move that -new code- around, you have to move the whole
*Jive/SqueezeOS Platform*, but then again, you cannot transfer the
"Original Code" to any third party (hence my doubt about the term
"third party".

Of course this is what I understood with my first reading of the
License, and since every License is open to a lot of interpretation
depending on the person who reads it, I think it would be good if
someone could explain the License in a way that developers who want to
contribute to the *Jive/SqueezeOS Platform* can understand it from
their perspective.

In my opinion is great that you can modify and see the source code of
the *Jive/SqueezeOS Platform*, and I don't mind that the code can just
be "distributed" for the Squeezebox Controller (not many companies
allow you to tinker with their devices in a legal way), altough the
potential and the "-technically posible way-" are there for
compiling/using it on other devices (for example the iPhone, Nokia
8100, Openmoko Freerunner cellphone).


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pichonCalavera

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(replaygain/foobar2000) > *albumart* (winamp) > *transport* (winscp) >
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