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VLC 1.1 Forced To Drop Shoutcast Due To AOL Anti-OSS Provision
The folks over at VideoLAN are in the process of releasing version 1.1.0 of VLC, and one of the major changes is the removal of SHOUTcast, a media-streaming module from AOL-owned Nullsoft. "During the last year, the VLC developers have received several injunctions by e-mail from employees at AOL, asking us to either comply to a license not compatible with free software or remove the SHOUTcast capability in VLC." Within the license is a clause prohibiting the distribution of SHOUTcast with any product whose own license requires that it be "disclosed or distributed in source code form," "licensed for the purpose of making derivative works," or "redistributable at no charge." The license would also force VideoLAN to bundle Nullsoft adware with VLC. Update: 06/22 00:52 GMT by H : The 1.1 release is ready from their site; you can also read up on the release information.
What John Hasler said, plus, you are aware that the quote from the Bhagavad Gita, which is the source of Dr. Oppenheimer's famous remark upon witnessing the Trinity test, and your not-too-bad twist on it, is a little off, aren't you? The quote is "I am BECOME death, destroyer of worlds." Your sig should be "I am become gerund, destroyer of verbs."
Python: 'And then suddenly you have a language which says "we're all stuck with whatever the whiniest coder wants".'
Someone please mod up. Informative.
The Invisible Hand of the Free Market is what punches workers in the nuts.