Hi there, As far as i know, Red5 is distributed under GPL license so i *guess* that, even if at some point it changes to other license, you (or anybody) could always create a fork and continue a GPL version. Although probably with other name.
Cheers, Juan On 5/30/07, Alex van Niel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is my first post to this list, although I have been "lurking" for some > weeks/months now. Ever since I discovered the Red5 project, we boot-kicked > Flash Media Server and started working with Red5 without any problems. Only > thing that I missed was the administrator panel where I can see how many > people are online, but as I read the docs I also saw that this is something > that is in development. If I read it right ☺ > > Anyway, to my question. I saw Wowza mentioned here and decided to take a look > at their site. I just got curious as to what others had to offer (as if I am > planning to switch to any other flash streaming server, yeah right ☺ ) and > what their prices are. Although FMS is ridiculous in their license program > (to be able to offer unlimited connections and unlimited bandwidth you'd need > to be owner of Microsoft I suppose) Wowza isn't cheap either. With prices at > 5000$ for an unlimited license. Don't get me wrong, those people probably > have invested a lot of money in their project and need to get some money > back. It just is a lot of money. Although, all things considered still way > cheaper then FMS by Adobe. > > That made me wonder; when Red5 is finished, will it remain open source and > free of charge? (except for the voluntary contribution to the project of > course) Or will there be a license fee at some point? And if there are plans > to put a license fee on Red5, are there any views on the costs of such a > license? > > Just wondering. > > Cheers, > > Alex. > > Jozef vandenBroek Productions B.V. > Prins Hendriklaan 21 > 5707CJ Helmond > T: +31(0)492 539 523 > F: +31(0)492 535 983 > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.jozef.nl > > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > -- Juan Delgado - Zárate http://zarate.tv http://dandolachapa.com http://loqueyosede.com _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
