quicktime-java

To clarify a bit more on this, since one can't have multiple QuickTime
versions on the same machine, Apple is leaving all third-party software
products that are using QTJava (and QuickTime in that meaning) hung, since
you can't ask your client to uninstall the latest QuickTime they have and
install an older one (if ever they can find the installer for that older
version and if it works ok with the latest OS etc.). After all they may have
licensed QT Pro (pro keys don't work backwards [neither forwards] in QT
versions), or may have other products installed that need the latest QT or
need to use media formats that only the latest QT supports well etc. 

 

So please Apple, release the QTJava wrapper using some GPL2+amendment
(similar to Sun) or using MPL license and allow the community to take care
of keeping it work with the latest QuickTime. I believe we have enough
experience to handle such a task. Plus you get a cheap ride at the
OpenSource wagon that way and gain some popularity among coders and some
free marketing hype from the media. That way you convert negative publicity
(abandoning QTJava) to positive (opensourcing QTJava, releasing it to the
opensource community etc.). Don't repeat the OpenDoc mistake by locking
products that trusted your API into oblivion.

 

Even MS is doing opensource these days, so why shouldn't you (see WMP plugin
for Firefox for example by [EMAIL PROTECTED] team, or Codeplex.com etc.)

 

Cheers,

George

 

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QTJava is a wrapper around QT, doesn't include any codec implementations
itself. What I'm saying is to opensource QTJava, not QuickTime.

 

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Yes, but that would put the responsibility for licensing the codecs on the
application developer.  Financially difficult if not impossible for most
small developers.

--Alex

George Birbilis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

It would be nice if Apple released the QTJava source-code as opensource.
People could update it then I guess (it would become a per-app private
library of course, not a system-wide installation since there would be many
flavours/versions of it around after that, but that's not hard to do)

 

Cheers,

George

 

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George Birbilis ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Microsoft MVP J# 2004-2008

Borland "Spirit of Delphi 2001"

QuickTime QTVR ActiveX .NET Delphi

http://www.zoomicon.com

http://birbilis.spaces.live.com

http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~Robotics

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