Freecddb.org is up and Running

mkaiser writes "Many people complained that CDDB has changed its licence. Freecddb (Website is here) is an approach to replace CDDB in a free manner. This means that you do not need a licence to access the server, the service is - and will remain - free. As I am using an old cddb-archive, I need submissions. If anyone is interested in keeping up another free service, please send submissions to freecddb-submit@freecddb.org or configure your CDDB-aware CD-Player accordingly. " There are numerous projects like this now. Glad to see it.

Comments

What is wrong with the current license?

[Phil Gregory]

The current problem is that the company that currently owns the CDDB database (yes, I know that's redundant) has declared that the contents of that database are their intellectual property and have put together a license with various terms for using their database. Access may not cost anything, but it's not _FREE_. For more details, check out a previous Slashdot story on the subject.

--Phil (#define _FREE_ free(as in speech) /*Thanks to the poster I saw do that. */)