Hi everyone, I've had success in creating a Digital Jukebox using Fedora Server and XMMS2 using only the official Fedora repo. I've updated the pitch submission to reflect the changes at https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=1927 7&preview=1&_ppp=81e0b7e700 Regards, Shaun Assam On Fri, 2017-11-10 at 14:41 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 03:52:19AM +0000, Shaun Assam wrote: > > Hi Paul, Silvia, and Eduard. > > > > Thanks for the encouraging ideas and feedback on the DIY Jukebox > > pitch. > > I had a feeling MPD might cause some controversy due to it's > > entanglement with some non-free packages. I thought because the MPD > > package was in the free portion of RPMFusion it had a chance for > > approval. > > *Nod. It's important to distinguish "free" from "legally encumbered" > in this case. It's possible to create 100% free and open source > software that also, for example, reads on patents. Because we > observe > those restrictions, we can't promote that type of free software. > "Nonfree" software, on the other hand, may be free of such legal > encumbrances, but available only under a nonfree license that > prevents > us from distributing it. > > > I did some research into MPD to try Eduard's suggestion on building > > the > > program from source. One of the dependencies for MPD is FFmpeg, and > > even though FFmpeg is licensed under GPL (or LGPL depending on the > > packages used), the "legal" page on their website states, "What we > > do > > know is that various standards FFmpeg supports contain vague hints > > that > > any conforming implementation might be subject to some patent > > rights in > > some jurisdictions..." (http://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html). Based on > > the > > information from that page, I feel it would be best to play it safe > > and > > work with Paul's idea on an MPD-alternative to avoid any issues. > > > > Good news is I've found one candidate for a server/client music > > player > > that is in the official Fedora repository called XMMS2. Bad news is > > I've never used it before, so I'll play around with it this weekend > > and > > let you know if it will work in the article. > > > > Thanks again for your thoughts and support. > > Awesome news. I continue to think this has the makings of a great > article so I applaud your efforts! > _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
