[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #4752: Add R5000 STB Support to MythTV

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2009/7/18 Stuart Morgan <stuart at tase.co.uk>:
>> On Friday 17 Jul 2009 14:48:27 MythTV wrote:
> It's not religious, it's about morality and a respect for the law? Where does
> this entitlement attitude come from? It's big business, so it's ok to steal,
> screw them over or break the law?

What surprises me most about these "debates" when they occur is the
the inability of some to empathise. No matter what the *individuals*
legal opinion is, whether correct or not, as I understand it the
developers are the ones that assume the risk not the users. I do not
think it is fair to ask the developers to assume that risk for you,
which is in effect what will happen.


>>  Your fears are further proof to me  that innovation in MythTV is dead.  I
>>  look forward to XBMC.

You need to remember that ponies are not cheap to keep, feed and/or
agistment alone can send you broke. ;)


> The developers of MythTV don't just object to additions such as a bit-torrent
> client or Hulu integration because we're afraid of being sued/arrested, we
> actually object because these things are WRONG. Somewhere in the last decade a
> whole generation of people lost their sense of right and wrong - it's ok to
> hack a cable STB, it's ok to download pirated music and video and it's ok to
> get angry when software developers take a stand against it? What the hell?!?

I think it is valuable that a open source project takes a lead in
this, corporates need to understand that open source is not the enemy.
If they chose to support, or provide explicit consent, for projects to
use their services then developers will be comfortable supporting
their services in a way that is agreeable by all by parties.

Cheers.