[mythtv-users] Problem with TV_grab_au 0.6

[Joshua King]

On 29/10/04 7:49 AM, "Ng Theng Kiat" <tingjie at treblid.dyndns.org> wrote:

> I guess most pple are willing to do that. Heck, I used to buy the Sunday
> papers just so I can have a TV Guide for the coming week. I can live
> with a *small* fee, as long as the service is accurate and reliable.

I based my figure as versus getting a weekly newspaper (say 50% of the cost
of a $2 newspaper weekly) for the guide.

> Anyway, while looking at the d1.com.au website, I can't help but notice
> one thing - they did not acknowledge the fact they are using Myth (at
> least not obviously to me). I am a newbie and havn't been following this
> thread for long, and I don't really understand the open source licensing
> thing. But I am really turned off by D1 for omitting the fact they are
> using Myth software (at least the screen shots looked myth). A basic
> courtesy is to put a obvious link to the Myth website, people will still
> buy from them anyway, so why don't mention Myth in their website, and
> the fact they are using open source software?

It's buried, yes it would be nice if it was on one of the pages, but it is
the manual (PDF format
http://d1.com.au/downloads/HMC_Digital_Owners_Manual.pdf)

A quote: "The software used in the Home Media Centre is based on GNU General
Public License (GNU GPL) software, with some further enhancements  and
modifications.    This gives you, the purchaser, certain legal rights
including the right to  examine, modify and re-distribute the source code
without the permission  of Development One.  To allow you to do these
things, Development One  has placed a copy of the Home Media Centre source
code on the unit  itself.  In order to access the source code you will need
to connect a VGA  monitor, keyboard and mouse to the appropriate ports on
the back of the  unit.  You can then logon as user ³root² with the password
³HomeMediaCentre².  You can find the source code in various directories
under ³/root/hmc/².  For further information regarding the software and the
modifications you may make to it, refer to the MythTV PVR Project at
http://www.mythtv.org."

Joshua King