> By the way, is it allowed to depend on a gratis web service which is > not Free software, such as the Google Maps API? I know the issue has > come up before but I don't quite remember how it was solved.
This is Karl's response to this issue: ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:42:42 GMT From: [email protected] (Karl Berry) To: [email protected] Copies to: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Savannah-hackers-private] Should this project be accepted? There is submission of project Lithionite - https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?11403 Althrough it doesn't depend on non-free software, its only purpose is playing streams using propertiary protocol. Do we allow such kind of projects? Good question. I think it is ok. The author here is *implementing* a way of playing those flash streams using free software (mplayer and rtmpdump), so that people do not have to use the usual Adobe proprietary plugin. (If I'm understanding his software correctly.) Of course we'd rather the radio stations not use Flash in the first place, but since it exists, having free software to deal with it is a good thing. Thanks, k ------- End of forwarded message ------- Regards
