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Freedb.org Seeks Volunteers

Posted by michael on from the time-on-your-hands dept.

dtype writes "freedb.org is asking for your help. With the ever increasing popularity of freedb, the all-volunteer service has required more and more time. Joerg Hevers has been absorbing the brunt of the load for some time now, and we should all thank him for that. We're now looking for volunteers who would like to spend time on this great service, so that we can continue to serve the community at expected levels."

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  1. Fool me once by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    "We're now looking for volunteers who would like to spend time on this great service, so that we can continue to serve the community at expected levels."

    Uh-huh, I've never heard that story before. no way. nuh uh.

    Translation: "Shit, gracenote made a pile of cash, we can do the same thing, and eventually rip everyone off and make a pile of cash too!". I was fooled once before, I will not be fooled again.

  2. Re:alternative by JofCoRe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Um... isn't that why freedb was created in the first place? As an alternative to cddb? I thought that once cddb got bought out, and started charging people to access their servers, freedb was spawned as a free alternative. (I could be wrong on that though..)
    Now we're supposed to go back to cddb? um...

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  3. Re:alternative by dtype · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is. Everything from freedb is GPL'd, and always available for download.

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