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Apple Opening QuickTime Code

Posted by justin++ on from the possibly-maybe-probably dept.

Wonko42 writes "Apple has apparently decided to make QuickTime open-source in order to beat the competition. The article is on News.com. " I sure hope so. Of course, the article leaves several questions unanswered: what kind of license? APSL? What about codecs? Since it's only the server, I assume nothing will happen in regards to opening codecs. I hope I'm wrong, but fear I'm not. Thoughts?

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  1. Cheaters never prosper by loader · · Score: 5

    Many people seem to be under the impression that the spate of new "kinda sorta" open licenses are going to undermine the movement as a whole. That's not necessarily so. I believe that the Free Software concept will continue to flourish. These corporate type projects aren't going to undermine anything. When the tide of open source licenses has abated, the original movement will still be there because of loyalty.

    These things aren't going to undermine Open Source, because opening source code is not the complete answer. There has to be a sense of community and of actually building something, not just being a glorified bug eradicator for some stingy corporation that can't fix its own problems. That's why these new licenses are just a marketing ploy, and that's why the true Open Source community will still be intact when the hype wears off. In the end the joke will be on the big boys, not us Linux guys. They'll be stuck with their source out and the novelty worn off and then we'll all sit back and laugh. Laugh at them for not looking ahead past the marketing and seeing the true meaning of the movement. Long live Linus!

    Loader of Code and of Bricks