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Lightworks Video Editor To Go Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the retreat-to-the-beowulf-cluster-for-rendering dept.

Art3x writes "EditShare will release its video editor as open source this summer. Lightworks handles high-definition media, DPX, and RED, shares projects with Final Cut Pro and Avid, and was recently used by Academy-award-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker on Shutter Island. Introduced in 1989 and bought by EditShare last year, it 'has come from over one million hours of software development,' says EditShare's James Richings. But he says releasing the source will 'generate concepts and capabilities never seen before. I expect that the Lightworks Open Source initiative will transform not only the technology, but also the opinions on what a professional editing tool can achieve.'" From the press release's description, it sounds like the "open source" phase will follow a period of free-as-in-beer downloading.

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  1. I hope it's under the BSD or MIT licenses. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hope it's released under a truly free license like the BSD or the MIT license. That's the only way to maximize everyone's freedom.

    1. Re:I hope it's under the BSD or MIT licenses. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      Why do you label him a "troll"? What he says is absolutely true; the MIT and BSD licenses are basically the most-free licenses around.

      Sum up the freedom if you don't believe us:

      Total freedom of MIT and BSD licenses = Ability to redistribute code without changes + Ability to redistribute code with changes + Ability to not redistribute code without changes + Ability to not redistribute code with changes
      Total freedom of MIT and BSD licenses = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
      Total freedom of MIT and BSD licenses = 4

      Total freedom of the GPL = Ability to redistribute code without changes + Ability to redistribute code with changes + Ability to not redistribute code without changes + Ability to not redistribute code with changes
      Total freedom of the GPL = 1 + 1 + 1 + 0
      Total freedom of the GPL = 3

      Clearly, the freedom you get with the MIT and BSD licenses exceeds that which you'd get from the GPL.

  2. Analogy Pendant by w0mprat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Beer is not free, unless you brew it yourself, scam on some rich cougar, or steal it. Free as in beer is a better analogy for piracy or convincing your drunk boss he hasn't yet bought a round, despite having done so, thrice, at friday drinks.

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    After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
  3. Re:Good troll! by bonch · · Score: 0, Troll

    Richard Stallman isn't the genius being Linux. He resented Linux and insisted on calling it "GNU/Linux" to ride its coattails when the HURD failed. GCC is terrible and is being replaced by a faster, superior, BSD-licensed compiler--Clang/LLVM. The viral nature of the GPL has been disastrous, especially version 3.

    Stallman is the ultimate example of blind religious fervor overriding common sense. He also eats his toe jam in public. Look up the video.