[Kdenlive-devel] Fwd: [Linuxmovies-general] Petition to free MainActor source code

[Dan Dennedy]

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/
>