A mini-rant about the growing feeling of entitlement surrounding Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) <\/p>\n
22:48 < Lt_Dan> <rant>
\n22:48 < Lt_Dan> there was also a heated exchange on the xmltv list
\n22:49 < Lt_Dan> there are a bunch people that deem the Schedules Direct non-profit org a group of people RIPPING off people
\nby charging $5 a month (for now–likely will be reduced) for listings
\n22:49 < Lt_Dan> there is this feeling of entitlement to free sh** that people feel…
\n22:50 < Lt_Dan> why in the FZ would Isaac Richards (mythtv), the chairman of SD, be trying to get over at the rate of $5 per
\nmonth?
\n22:51 < Lt_Dan> he’s only been giving Mythtv away FOR FREE — or likely at cost to him at the beginning–webhosting costs and
\nwhat not
\n22:52 < Lt_Dan> in my opion the mythtv suite is much more valuable as something that could be sold (and is in some cases)
\nthan the listing data. I believe that the price is what TMS is charging them, minus some costs they have
\n22:53 < Lt_Dan> the fact that some people rant and rave about “I pay enough for TV–i’m not paying for listings” is something
\nthat NEED not be posted to the xmltv lists, as Robert Eden of xmltv is on the board of schedules direct.
\n22:53 < Lt_Dan> the response everytime he got that BS is “Ok.. Then DON’T USE THE SERVICE”.. WTF do I care?
\n22:54 < Lt_Dan> You’ve paid me $0 so far to use my xmltv program… You don’t want to use this service then don’t–but
\nranting and namecalling is unecessary.;
\n22:55 < Lt_Dan> if you are so privileged, go write your own secret screen scraper….. the days of screen scraping by 5,000
\nmyth users is gone– there is a noticable impact on the site it’s done to
\n22:56 < Lt_Dan> i’m sure a handful of enterprising folks will be able to go page scape y!, zap2it proper or the like
\n22:56 < Lt_Dan> for me, $5 a month for 3 months, then maybe only $20 a year is fair trade for the YEARS of free ridin’ i’ve
\nbeen getting from Myth
\n22:57 < Lt_Dan> much too often the “F” in FOSS is equated to “Free, as in beer”, then later turned to entitlement
\n22:58 < Lt_Dan> you are ruining FOSS cuz EVERYTHING isn’t without a charge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
\n22:58 < Lt_Dan> xmltv and mythtv utilizing schedules direct is still FOSS in the proper definition of “F”
\n22:58 < Lt_Dan> the data it uses for part of its functionality is no longer “Free as in beer”
\n23:01 < Lt_Dan> oh well.. can’t please everyone, even with mostly free as in beer software.
\n23:02 < Lt_Dan> another answer: Don’t wanna pay $5 a month? go buy Vista Ultimate edition for $399–it comes with Media
\nCenter and all the free as in beer listings you can drink!
\n23:02 < Lt_Dan> act now, and they’ll throw in virii , User Access Control nag screens and instability for Free (aib), too!!!
\n23:04 < Lt_Dan> but don’t buy yet.. you can also get Vista Home Premium for about $299.. also comes with Media Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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