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

[Dan Dennedy]

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/
>>>
>>
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