[mythtv-users] Mythtv torrent downloading

[David Schmidt]

1) Isaac supplies (pays for/maintains) the SVN repository for 
"official" MythTV functionality.
2) Isaac supplies (pays for/maintians) these lists.
3) Isaac doesn't want peer to peer in anything officially Myth.

Therefore, your choices are:

1) Live without torrents in Myth, or
2a) Setup an unofficial plugin, hosted on your own
SVN/CVS/tarball/whatever server and
2b) Have your own discussions about it on your own ezboard or whatever, or

3a) "Fork" the source to support what you want in a more integrated manner and
3b) [see 3a]

Personally, I think (3) is a bad option.

On 3/9/06, Michael Starks <mythtv at michaelstarks.com> wrote:
> Chris Pinkham wrote:
> > Please take this discussion elsewhere.  Isaac and the rest of the
> > MythTV developers do not condone this activity and don't want it
> > discussed on the Myth mailing lists.
>
> Torrents are not illegal. And certainly speech about this kind of
> technology is not illegal in any country I know of.  The real shame is
> the fear the **AAs have managed to instill in people.  I can understand
> not wanting to officially support any kind of peer-peer to keep the
> project away from any lawsuits, valid or not, but when people are afraid
> to even discuss it we've all been DRMed.
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