[mythtv-users] MythTV and BitTorrent?

Will will at st0rage.org
Fri Jul 18 14:43:34 UTC 2008


On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 11:37 -0300, Greg Estabrooks wrote:
> > So the owner of the mailing list also presides over IRC? Same reaction.
> 
> 
>  Ok, lets clear this up.  It's not just Isaacs feelings on the subject, so 
> lets not make him out to be some sort of lone villian out to repress you.
> 
> Many of the devs feel they do not want it, the reasons are frankly irrelevant.
> 
> AS for #mythtv, yes the devs do have control over that channel, and as for
> #mythtv-users yes, the devs run that channel as well and most of the
> nondevs who sit there and help also do not want any legally questionable
> stuff in there. That includes torrents, Satellite signal decryption and
> so on.
> 
> You are free to discuss it in any other location you wish. Start a blog
> start a forumn, start your own IRC channel, find a streetcorner and a soap box.
> 
>  Yeah yeah, you can (and I'm sure many do) download free/legit music and 
> videos. I even download the latest versions of my distros releases via
> bitorrent but we all know the reality of it, a huge amount of it is not so
> free. And if the majority of the US based devs don't feel like having 
> pointless lawsuits and legal expenses you don't have to agree with it.
> 
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Everyone is throwing Isaac's name around as the reason why this is not allowed to be discussed. Excuse me if I feel that way when everyone is reinforcing it.

Many maybe, but not all. It's already been made clear that any dev that made such a thing would not see it go into MythTV.

That's a cope out; name one open source project that has been sued by using a torrent client along with their software. 

No, I don't have to agree with it. And you don't have to like people discussing it either, nor should you stop them.

-Will





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