Alright guys, this is what we have all been waiting for. The Open MPEG Project. Although the front page says only Win32 development, of course this is for all the platforms =)
This is all GPL, and will always be ALL GPL. I know a lot of you feel that corporations and people need the stuff LGPL to protect their rights or something, but this is *just the core codec*, not the software, etc. For example, look at Winamp. Winamp runs on XYZ codec. That's not why people use it. People use it because it has lots of neato features like visualization and the fact that it is really small and non-irritating (*and* the fact that it "really whips the llama's ass"). So everyone gains with this system, and more time can be spent on the stuff that really matters - the "wow factor". =)
We need as much help as we can get. Call up all of the corporations you feel would benefit from screwing Microsoft/Real and other propreitary companies (ahem, DIVXNETWORKS) over by having a truly open codec. I know AOL for one might like the idea of an open standard, as they are developing their own Media Player. In addition, processor companies might contribute to make sure that they can always say "watch DVD-quality movies - **optimized for Athlon!**" or whatever. There's a lot of reasons for a lot of corporations to want to help us, and I don't think that the GPL will scare them away.
All of you guys need to get really involved in this as well. We need programmers from all platforms to work on this, and we need all of you lurking programming gods to get in on this as well. ;-) By helping this project, you're insuring that any company and startup can walk into this industry and have a *real* chance of fighting against the Goliaths.
If you have any questions, you know who to contact (me!). My email is numair@mac.com, and I'm always free to talk on AIM (SN: Empereal) or on ICQ (52389928). Also, some of you who are really hardcore into this should become admins! Just leave a message on here if you want to do so.
Well, time to get more people to join this project. Let's start using this message board, and God Bless Free Shit! Heh...
Numair Faraz
numair@mac.com
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Whats up people. Lets get this party started. I met and have talked to Numair and it sounds like an exciting project. Im new to some of the open source stuff, but am learning quickly and cant wait to help out.
We have a long way to go but in the next week or so we will see waht we can get together. I hope to see some good shit pumpin out of here and hope to be in the middle of something groundbreaking.
Peace,
Nick
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I'm no proging God, but I have alot of time on my hands being between semesters like I am. And I will be quite happy to contribute ideas about licensing and such. And my time.
As a wizened man once told me: Whatever you can, whenever you can!
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Alright guys, this is what we have all been waiting for. The Open MPEG Project. Although the front page says only Win32 development, of course this is for all the platforms =)
This is all GPL, and will always be ALL GPL. I know a lot of you feel that corporations and people need the stuff LGPL to protect their rights or something, but this is *just the core codec*, not the software, etc. For example, look at Winamp. Winamp runs on XYZ codec. That's not why people use it. People use it because it has lots of neato features like visualization and the fact that it is really small and non-irritating (*and* the fact that it "really whips the llama's ass"). So everyone gains with this system, and more time can be spent on the stuff that really matters - the "wow factor". =)
We need as much help as we can get. Call up all of the corporations you feel would benefit from screwing Microsoft/Real and other propreitary companies (ahem, DIVXNETWORKS) over by having a truly open codec. I know AOL for one might like the idea of an open standard, as they are developing their own Media Player. In addition, processor companies might contribute to make sure that they can always say "watch DVD-quality movies - **optimized for Athlon!**" or whatever. There's a lot of reasons for a lot of corporations to want to help us, and I don't think that the GPL will scare them away.
All of you guys need to get really involved in this as well. We need programmers from all platforms to work on this, and we need all of you lurking programming gods to get in on this as well. ;-) By helping this project, you're insuring that any company and startup can walk into this industry and have a *real* chance of fighting against the Goliaths.
If you have any questions, you know who to contact (me!). My email is numair@mac.com, and I'm always free to talk on AIM (SN: Empereal) or on ICQ (52389928). Also, some of you who are really hardcore into this should become admins! Just leave a message on here if you want to do so.
Well, time to get more people to join this project. Let's start using this message board, and God Bless Free Shit! Heh...
Numair Faraz
numair@mac.com
Whats up people. Lets get this party started. I met and have talked to Numair and it sounds like an exciting project. Im new to some of the open source stuff, but am learning quickly and cant wait to help out.
We have a long way to go but in the next week or so we will see waht we can get together. I hope to see some good shit pumpin out of here and hope to be in the middle of something groundbreaking.
Peace,
Nick
I'm here! I'm number three!..or something.
I'm no proging God, but I have alot of time on my hands being between semesters like I am. And I will be quite happy to contribute ideas about licensing and such. And my time.
As a wizened man once told me: Whatever you can, whenever you can!