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BBC Open Source launched

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the welcome-to-the-party-beeb dept.

Elphin writes "The BBC today launched their BBC Open Source website, providing a home for projects such as their video codec dirac , TV-Anytime Java API and Kamaelia network testbed."

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  1. Apache Modules too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Looks like they have also released the BBC 'programming language'

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/projects/apache/

    Seems like extensions to mod_include to add more logic.

    Good Stuff

  2. Re:The same BBC... by James_G · · Score: 4, Informative
    It's not a question of offending anyone. Read about it here

    The BBC's guidelines state that its credibility is undermined by the "careless use of words which carry emotional or value judgments".

    I agree with this point of view. "Bombers" is an accurate way to describe them. They may also be "terrorists", but this does carry an emotional implication as well. It's a little quirky, but I can see the point of simply reporting events rather than making judgements. It's something the media in general seriously lacks.

  3. The beeb made my first computer by grahamsz · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well the didn't actually make it but they made it happen
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro

    I have fond memories of my Model B

  4. If only they would publicize.. by drspliff · · Score: 5, Informative

    If only they would publicize more of the open-source projects they've been doing in order to spur more development from people who would actually benifit from them.

    Take for example the Betsie perl script (which the BBC use extensively on their websites, it's an open-source cgi script which can be used to translate pages on-the-fly into a text-only mode. This has been very helpful for me and for a suprisingly large number of other web developers trying to tackle the issue of accessablity.

    If they keep on going in this direction with opening up more projects and providing more APIs for developers to use, then I can really see in maybe as short as 2 years down the line it could be actually be worthwile to pay for that damn TV license.

  5. Re:Wow by Air-conditioned+cowh · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ahhhhh! Where did the link go. Try this...
    http://stream.fluendo.com/archive/6uadec/Thomas_Da vies_And_Anuradha_Suraparaju_-_Dirac.ogg