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2015-11-04, 09:45
(This post was last modified: 2015-11-04, 09:53 by earl365.)
Actually, I've seen it in the other thread now. It didn't seem like clear argument to me though, more like "other people are violating GPL, so can I". He also seems to misunderstand the VLC situation, it wasn't just VLC that got pulled, it was a third party VLC fork that was pulled because of VLC developer.
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I understand GPLv2+ very well, lived and breathed in it since 2008. I'm a big GPLv2+ fan, it works. GPLv3 is just plain insane in this day and age. GPLv3 is the kiss of death for any software base that adopts it. All GPLv3+ based code has been purged from the MrMC fork, gone, never to return.
XCode 7 also changes the landscape regarding GPLv2+, anyone can take the codebase of MrMC, make changes, compile and install on their Apple devices with zero restrictions. And that includes the new AppleTV. This is the intent of GPL and follows the spirit of what GPL licensing is all about. Open source code for others to build on and use.
We understand the previous VLC situation very well. We don't think MrMC will have the same problem. We have done our research and investigation into this subject and have concluded that GPLv2+ is not an issue. I'm not going to argue the whys and wherefores here. This is all I'm going to say on this subject as it tends to get volatile quickly and frankly our opinions don't really matter as it boils down to lawyers and the judge/ jury in the final decision.
The 80 percent user base out there just wants to install something and go with little or no hassles and that's what MrMC aims to provide. The codebase will be public for those that want to diddle with the internals or enable features that cannot be present in the Apple App Store. Or even fork it, we do insist that you rebrand if you intend to distribute it.
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I don't think Xcode 7 changes anything. It's a completely different distribution channel.
The problem is that the AppStore DRM violates section 6 of GPL. And if Apple distributes MrMC through AppStore with DRM, such distribution will not be GPL compliant. The DRM has not changed since 2010, so I really don't see how putting MrMC to AppStore is any different than putting GNU GO there, which was the very first app to be removed from AppStore due to GPL compliance.
Sure there is other GPL software in AppStore, but it's mostly low profile stuff simply flying under the radar, it is by no means proof that AppStore is suddenly compatible with GPL.
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Are you planning JavascriptCore based plugins? That would really be pushing the 3.3.2 section of developer agreement, I'm actually quite curious if such thing would get approved. That would be a major thing.
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Any chance this will bitstream HD audio codecs (like up to 7.1 TrueHD and DTS-MA) from the Apple TV given the previous comments on bitstreaming?
What about VC1 and MPEG2 video codec support?
How will it handle subtitles, especially PGS in an MKV?
Do hope to see 24Hz output at some point as well.
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2015-11-04, 21:44
(This post was last modified: 2015-11-04, 21:46 by chefente.)
First of all thank your MrMC for doing this. I don't know if it was mentioned before but I wanted to know if IPTV simple client will be somehow possible on Apple Tv because thats what´s most important for me, i mean with m3u import.
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Why? Why a stipped down Kodi. I was xbmc user since ever. Liked ATV 1 with XBMC with crystal HD Hardware and day by day optimized my kodi database. I switched to ATV2 then pivos and now i used a Ouya with Kodi 14.2 It is perfect stable and fast. The only reason to buy a ATV4 is a perfect working kodi 15.x. Who needs a only player without skins and addons? So Perhaps go for a NVIDIA Shield 4k and kodi and capable of voice search via remote. Perhaps it is easier build this into kodi as making a tvos build. I really love Apple but who wants to downgrade features