Re: [TCLUG:131] X11Amp version 0.7

["SuperQ: god of geek" <ben@intexp.com>]

have those people finally come to their senses, and relased the source? or
do we still have to deal with their bad attitude

for those of you who don't know, the X11amp developers choose not to
release their source, because they don't want their code "ripped off"
some of the people i have talked to about this, (who also do very good
code) have agreed to a few things
1: they don't understand what the GNU public license really does.
they think they will be "riped off" but GNU software is protected by the
license. if code is used in other applications, it MUST include proper
recognition to the source of the code.. no ripping off there
and any changes to the original source MUST be sent back to the original
authors for aproval, otherwise you are not allowed to distribute it.
2: their code must be really poor, that would be one of the only reasons
that they would not release the source.  

I, and a few others do not use X11amp, simply because of their anti-GNU
attitutde, why bother writing software for linux, if you don't make the
source available.. I would love to be able to compile X11amp for my DEC
alpha, or port it to work on sparc stations.  For those who would love a 
really cool alternative to X11amp, try tk3play 2.0, it's not as flashy as
X11amp, but is much faster, and more feature rich.  It's playlist editor
is VERY good, and it is the only mp3 player i have found to date, that can
do FAST FORWARD AND REWIND!

TTYL,
        Ben Kochie (ben@intexp.com)

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On Thu, 7 May 1998, Michael Hicks wrote:

> Just to let you MP3ers know, there is a new version of X11Amp out on
> http://www.x11amp.bz.nu
> 
> Support for skins and a bunch of other improvements!
> 
> Mike Hicks
> -- 
> Well, you know, no matter where you go, there you are.
> 		-- Buckaroo Banzai
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