On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:34 PM, J. Daniel Sawyer wrote: > Judging by the announcement at www.axogon.com, it looks like > mainconcept > has sold mainactor and mainvision back to the russian company that > originally invented mainvision > -Dan Sawyer
And there is that reason for choosing not to open source it :-/ That pretty much puts a nail into the petition's coffin. > On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 14:25 -0700, Dan Dennedy wrote: >> I signed with the following comment: >> >> I'd likely volunteer as a maintainer and coordinate merging and >> integration with MLT and kdenlive. >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Etienne Savard <esavard72 at yahoo.ca> >>> Date: August 23, 2007 8:18:43 PM PDT >>> To: linuxmovies-general at lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: [Linuxmovies-general] Petition to free MainActor source >>> code >>> Reply-To: Linux motion picture technology <linuxmovies- >>> general at lists.sourceforge.net> >>> >>> MainConcept decided earlier this year to discontinue maintenance and >>> distribution of MainActor Video Editing Software. MainActor was one >>> of the most >>> complete and affordable video editing software available for Linux. >>> >>> Some individuals already sent emails to MainConcept requesting them >>> to free >>> MainActor source code but without success. I hope that we, the >>> whole Open Source >>> Community, will have more success by putting all our efforts >>> together. >>> >>> So, by signing this petition, we, Open Source enthusiasts and non- >>> linear >>> editors, ask that MainConcept release most source code (if not all) >>> of MainActor >>> as Open Source so that the community can continue to support and >>> improve it. >>> >>> Thanks for signing this petition! >>> >>> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mainactor/ >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Kino-dev mailing list >> Kino-dev at lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kino-dev >>
