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Elliote,
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Elliotte Harold wrote:
Depends on how much you're using, and whether GPL compatible
replacements exist. In general, I find 3rd party libraries are vastly
overused in open source projects, and cause significant ease-of-use
problems for both developers and end users. Apache Commons is a
particular code smell. ROME
Right, because we all have time to rewrite XML parsers and HTTP code
over and over again, not to mention complex media playback frameworks.
Elliotte Harold wrote:
As is, your application isn't really free or open, even if that's the
intention. The mix and match licensing of the different libraries more
or less prevents anyone from building on it. :-(
Our application is free (it doesn't cost a dime!) and open (all the
source code we have written is available under the GPL). We aren't
trying to poison or diminish the GPL in any way. This project was
developed by a *very* small and eager team looking to counteract the
closed nature of most media tools available for the desktop today. We
didn't want to reinvent the wheel, and so looked to build on great work
already being done around the net. We also wanted to release our code in
away that assured it and any derivatives would remain available as source.
If you can point me to existing projects or contribute any code in these
areas, we would be very grateful.
The line between the libraries we can access because what Apple or
Microsoft choose to distribute with their OS vs. the Apache Commons
"platform" that we chose to use libraries from is a very murky one. Its
very ironic that its okay for us to use closed Quicktime calls or
Windows Media Player even, but we can't link to an Apache licensed
open-source library.
Thanks for your thoughts on contributions so far, be happy to see you
over on the I/ON project site if you're interested in helping us become
GPL pure. Let's take this thread off the list, as its a bit off topic
for Quicktime for Java.
