You could change the license to require imbedded versions to be made available via a website yours, theirs or both) but allow proprietary packaging and deployment of the code in products. To address Concerns about competition, a reasonable delay between deployment and public availability could be worked into the the license (say 6 - 12 months) that would allow a developing company to stay well ahead of their competitors.
The way I see it, the interest of third parties simply illustrates the need for a imbedded version of FLAC that would be available under LGPL.
The market doesn't like new technology because it makes their technology obsolete.
The beauty of C3D is that their first generations of FMD drives will be backwards compatible with existing cd and dvd drives. Even better for producers, existing inventories of cd/dvd drives can be upgraded to also read FMD.
I would think that current market conditions would dictate the quick release of FMD/DVD/CD disk changers for home theater systems. That would be followed by computer drives that would only receive limited market penetration until drives supporting both WORM (write once, read many) FMD and CD-RW media are released.
Another angle that could lead to the rapid availability of FMD is that the PC industry, already in a bad situation due to high inventory and waning consumer interest, could see this as a badly needed jump-start. Not to mention that it would be the perfect answer to Apple's decision to include DVD writers in high end systems.
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You could change the license to require imbedded versions to be made available via a website yours, theirs or both) but allow proprietary packaging and deployment of the code in products. To address Concerns about competition, a reasonable delay between deployment and public availability could be worked into the the license (say 6 - 12 months) that would allow a developing company to stay well ahead of their competitors.
The way I see it, the interest of third parties simply illustrates the need for a imbedded version of FLAC that would be available under LGPL.
The market doesn't like new technology because it makes their technology obsolete. The beauty of C3D is that their first generations of FMD drives will be backwards compatible with existing cd and dvd drives. Even better for producers, existing inventories of cd/dvd drives can be upgraded to also read FMD. I would think that current market conditions would dictate the quick release of FMD/DVD/CD disk changers for home theater systems. That would be followed by computer drives that would only receive limited market penetration until drives supporting both WORM (write once, read many) FMD and CD-RW media are released. Another angle that could lead to the rapid availability of FMD is that the PC industry, already in a bad situation due to high inventory and waning consumer interest, could see this as a badly needed jump-start. Not to mention that it would be the perfect answer to Apple's decision to include DVD writers in high end systems. http://www.c-3d.net/