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PubForge: software for public broadcasting
A new site called PubForge
aims to collect open-source software for use in the field of
public broadcasting.
"PubForge is looking for open-source software projects focused on the needs of public broadcasters to feature and distribute. What have you built lately?"
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PubForge: misnamed Posted Feb 21, 2006 17:48 UTC (Tue) by akumria (subscriber, #7773) [Link] Bah!
For a moment I thought this was all about Free Software for pubs and breweries. Alas.
PubForge: misnamed Posted Feb 21, 2006 17:57 UTC (Tue) by akumria (subscriber, #7773) [Link]
Actually it really is misnamed.
It isn't Open Source.
You've got to apply and be 'qualified' before you can download source.
Or even to play with the demo.
Bah.
PubForge: misnamed Posted Feb 21, 2006 19:04 UTC (Tue) by atai (subscriber, #10977) [Link] There is no requirement that anything with "forge" in its name must be Free Software/open source.<P> However, lwn should have pointed it out if the site's project is not free/open source.
PubForge: misnamed Posted Feb 24, 2006 2:02 UTC (Fri) by tjh (guest, #36087) [Link] "Actually it really is misnamed." Apparently not true. The website is not very specific about terms, and does indeed give the impression you express. However, if you read carefully, the approval process is to receive a certain level of support. The restriction on downloading the source is apparently referring to downloading it from the site (i.e. it is a bandwidth issue), based on further information I've found out. After reading your comment, and checking out the site, I decided to follow up on this by contacting them. I received a reply from Dale Hobson, saying that the software will be released through the usual Sourceforge channels as well as on PubForge "by next Friday" (apparently they are still polishing the code some). The site is premiering with a live-demo which has only been running for three days, and he was surprised at the concern over the availability of the source (or in how quickly the issue was raised). The license will apparently be GPL (at least this is the license included in the manual). I pointed out the danger of misinterpretation from the present site, and encouraged him to put a clear statement about the license on the website. Given that this is a public broadcaster saying this, I don't find any reason to suspect deceptive intent -- just the usual stumbles with a new project.
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