Sean, I think my main concerns are twofold 1) That Jive will be "fat" *and* not provide the APIs developers need to tweak it without modifying the actual Jive source. I've worked with closed-source proprietary software that's had good APIs for extending & modifying app behavior, and I'm comfortable with that model. I'd rather have Jive with good APIs and no source than inadequate APIs and source I cannot freely modify & share. When someone has a good idea, I want to be able to implement that and share it directly with other Squeezebox users, even if it means modifying Logitech source code (e.g., my latest plugin, SyncOptions, that works on 6.5 but requires patching source -- http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41797).
2) Section 6 sounds like all you'd need to do is ask me for my local, personal changes to Jive and I'd have to not only share the source code with you, but also give Logitech the rights to my work (not just copyright over the source code, but the Jive license appears to attempt to appropriate a perpetual license to all the associated IP, including giving Logitech the rights to resell (sublicense) my IP). I can't do anything solely for myself, and I can't do anything for myself without giving it to Logitech. That just really, REALLY rubs me the wrong way. Why do you feel the need for such a clause? I do understand that the license only applies to modifications of Jive itself, but please consider that A) I've been contributing to SlimServer and SqueezeCenter for years, gratis and B) my first concern -- in many cases looks it appears that modifying Jive behavior requires modifying Jive itself. My other concerns still stand, but those are my main concerns. -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41672 _______________________________________________ jive mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jive
