On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:16:49 -0800, Pbox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The point I was going to make, excatly.
However there is one more thing to note. Linspire also releases their
code under GPL. So it is a give and take.
Slimserver guys should take a note of the lsongs application.
Michael Peters wrote:
GPL gives them the right to do what they are doing, so long as they
follow the rules.
Wether they contribute patches back or not is not necessary, any code
worth having will make its way back simply because they have to comply
with GPL themselves.
They aren't using a stolen
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:19:28 -0600, Michael Alletto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4933903950.html
Scroll down to the pictures of the web interface. Does it look like
slimserver to anyone else? And they are charging $70 for the software
only. If they are really
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:19:28 -0600, Michael Alletto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4933903950.html
Scroll down to the pictures of the web interface. Does it look like
slimserver to anyone else? And they are charging $70 for the software
only. If they are
I think if they are distributing the code outside their organization
(whether selling it or allowing download), they have to make their
source available upon request (by anyone). Even if they only have to
make it available to customers, it must be supplied under the GPL,
which would allow those
... it definitively looks like slimserver. check this out
http://www.mp3beamer.com/ss_mp3beamer.html and softsqueeze screenshot on
their product page http://www.mp3beamer.com/ss_java.html
it seems that MP3Beamer is using slimserver as the core streaming
server. Even port 9000 is used. I did
So, probably a few things to do here:
#1: someone should set up a web page (linked from SlimDevices.com, so it
hits the search engines quickly) that talks about this product by name
and how it is based on SlimServer, which is freely available. Hopefully
some of the consumers that are considering
Michael Herger wrote:
...and have a look at the Java interface. They did not even change the
name on the screenshot...
http://www.mp3beamer.com/ss_java.html
wow! my original softsqueeze interface. I did a big comedy double-take
when I clicked that link
Incidentally, I just emailed the folks at LinuxDevices suggesting that
they would be doing their readers a service by noting that the MP3Beamer
software appears to be based on SlimServer, a GPLd project available for
free (after validating it with the MP3Tunes people, of course). :)
