[mythtv-users] RANT: MythTV has a *horrible* end user experience.

jedi at mishnet.org jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Feb 26 14:43:43 UTC 2008


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> In addition, you also have contractual obligations. Would you want
> someone contributing code to mythtv and then their employer coming in
> and trying to lay claim to their contributions...and maybe trying to
> lay claim to some of the other stuff in myth along with it? You could
> say "let them try...they have no basis...they'd never win", but would
> you volunteer to handle the legal aspects of it for all of us?
> Sometimes the best contribution a person can make is to keep their
> hands out of it.

...actually I am glad you brought this up. This issue in particular
is a far greater danger to MythTV than some notion that content owners
will start going after unlicensed DVD players. Employers would assert
ownership on your firstborn if they thought they could get away with it.


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