Re: [Freetantrum-devel] Failures so far.

[Gregory M. <gr...@li...>]

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On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Myers W. Carpenter wrote:

> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> > 
> > Farmy (the CEO) has said (in IRC) that they plan on releasing the server
> > under GPL and the database under a 'GPL like licence; Potentially the
> > GPL'.
> 
> 	Better the Open Content license.  It's made for this kind of stuff.
> 
> 	I'm sure you are aware that musicbrainz.org (aka cdindex.org) is making
> a database just like this, using the other GPL'ed music fingerprinting
> software Relatable.  Right now the only way to get their code is to hack
> it out of FreeAmp, but it's out there.

I sent that to you via private email for a reason: It's not an official
statement. It was part of of a conversation in IRC, I just wanted you to
know that you aren't the only person with concerns, and that eTantrum is
aware of them.

For both technological and political reasons, I don't intend to make use
of their songprint technology in my projects until the intellectual
property issues are made more clearly acceptable. I am hopeful this will
be the case, as their technology appears to be powerful and the company
appears to be smart in their dealings.

It takes time because the legal issues are complicated and they are
walking a fine line.. They must determine how to make a profit while at
the same time they appear to desire openness (and they are wise enough to
realize they will likely not be successful if they remain closed).

I am not an employee of eTantrum, and something I overheard (and
potentially misunderstood) in IRC is not an official statement of
eTantrum's policy or future direction.

I think it's valuable to be able to hear what they are considering on a
non-official level. But by blasting it out publicly you risk souring
their mouths and keeping them quiet.

It's bad nettequite to publicly post messages sent privately without
permission. I am also concerned that you potentially misrepresented me by
only posting a portion of my email.

I'd appreciate it if you don't do that to me again in the future.
Thanks.
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