From: Michael R. <mr...@us...> - 2003-12-27 11:25:02
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Hi, > Hi guys, > I want to propose development of library for mms protocol support. > Right now, each and every project that wants to support mms is > required to implement all of SDP specs itself, due to lack of common > library for that. To remedy that, I'd like to start project aimed at > providing such a library. The benefits are as usual from using lib: > > - no code duplication > - larger userbase, more extensive testing > - possible larger developer base > - better feature parity between projects > - single fix benefits all users > etc. > > Availability of such library would also benefit other projects, that > may want to support mms, but cannot currently afford developing yet > another proprietary implementation, like GStreamer or GnomeVFS, and > possibly others. Sounds like a good idea to me. > Technically, such a lib would be required to have been LGPL'd, > because both GStreamer and Gnome projects are LGPL. > It would be the coolest to turn existing xine implementation into > library, as it is pretty good one, and also largely independent from > xine itself, but I'm aware of your code being GPL, and that you may > not want or be able to relicense it as LGPL. Thus, just your > cooperation and support will be of great value. I guess you would have to write all people who committed changes to input_mms.c and ask for their permission. Fortunately, these are not too many. Michael -- Zero Administration: There is nothing you can do to fix it. |