MainConcept: Release MainActor Into Open Source! | Linux Today

MainConcept: Release MainActor Into Open Source!

Written By
MH
Matt Hartley
Aug 27, 2007

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“This is an open letter to the creators of MainActor.
MainConcept, I fully understand your need to better focus your
efforts on your encoder business. But correct me if I’m wrong, is
MainActor not the perfect vehicle for moving the MPEG encoder?

“I would agree that supporting the application, MainActor, is
likely more than you wish to support right now. But instead of
writing it off, why not simply open source the code for this
application, including its existing Deb and RPM packages, while
using it to sell your Encoder products? Here, let me break this
down for you…”

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MH

Matt Hartley

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