Ok I'm not affialited with myth other than having taken the time to setup a box.. That being said are _you_ going to pay the developers lawyers when they get sued by everyone in existence for hurting company X's profits?
Heck even if they won the court case, their lives could easily be destroyed by legal fees.
For that matter, I according to the ebuild myth is developed under the GPL-2 license so I don't see anything stoping you from coding your own distribution..
I've done a bit of coding in my life and anyone who does it for free for the benefit of others has my respect.
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Matt Grommes wrote:
Wow. So is MythTV going to roll back any features that the industry thinks are illegal? No more fast-forwarding through commercials? What about introducing DRM? Is Myth going to obey the 'Delete 6 Feet Under after 2 weeks' flag HBO put in? The attitude about Torrentocracy has really made me rethink Myth, honestly. The thing that finally spurred me on to build a Myth box was Tivo rolling over to the industry on commercials. I'd hate to think that MythTV is going to be less than useful to users too in an attempt at some kind of legitimacy with industry. Torrentocray has the same "association" with illegal activity as bittorrent, yes it can be used illegally but there are tons of legal uses as well, as illustrated by the default feeds it installs. The idea of an "approval" process that goes beyond the technical kind of fills me with dread in a lot of ways but it's not my project. If it's being used to keep out useful features though, that should make everyone involved a little wary. I hope Issac or another developer can make some kind of statement on this. Either way I'd like to know what the policy is going to be.
Kevin Kuphal wrote:
I doubt it will be approved in the future as the issue isn't legitimacy but the fact that the technology can easily be associated with illegal (in some countries) file sharing of recorded television programs and movies and this project doesn't need that kind of association.
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