Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 14:58:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Daniel Flickinger <attila@hun.org> To: FreeBSD-CURRENT <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Real Networks frees code --FreeBSD embedded drivers? Message-ID: <20021106145808.Tz0C22741@hun.org>
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are we going to take advantage of this? embedded drivers?
Real Networks frees code
(UK) -- Hoping to seize ground as the de facto industry
standard for multimedia players, RealNetworks has
released the source code to its RealOne client and
related audio-video codecs. Through a project dubbed
Helix, the company is calling developers to "download
the source code and actively participate to drive this
mass medium of Internet broadcasting to the next level."
RealNetworks is particularly keen to compete with
Microsoft and Apple for presence on non-PC and embedded
devices. Licensing for commercial use of the Helix
client is only 25 cents, compared with much higher fees
planned for the new MPEG-4 format. Without the RealAudio
or RealVideo codecs, licensing is free for the first
million copies sold and 10 cents thereafter. The company
will release the source code for servers and encoders
later in the year. (ZDNet UK 30 Oct. 2002)
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2124774,00.html
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