Rockbox Development > New Ports
Rockbox Player - Project to design and build a Free/Open hardware audio player
scharkalvin:
--- Quote ---There are many devices out there which run Linux in conjunction with closed-source drivers and applications
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True (think Tivo). However the development board I am talking about IS completely open source and ALL the hw info IS available from Atmel.
zajacattack:
OK, I have a few comments:
(1) I am surprised at the lack of support for this idea. If we do not start doing this soon, we will run out of modifiable players that are on the market. You can see from the new iPods and Sansas that they are getting less and less modifiable.
(2) I agree that a player that could run a form of Linux, such as the older iPods would definitely be a good idea.
(3) Why not start a line of Rockbox players by modifying current players and loading them all with Rockbox?
Btwizt:
--- Quote from: zajacattack on November 26, 2007, 05:48:53 PM ---(3) Why not start a line of Rockbox players by modifying current players and loading them all with Rockbox?
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One very easy way to get in a very deep pile of legal trouble.
cool_walking_:
--- Quote from: zajacattack on November 26, 2007, 05:48:53 PM ---(1) I am surprised at the lack of support for this idea. If we do not start doing this soon, we will run out of modifiable players that are on the market. You can see from the new iPods and Sansas that they are getting less and less modifiable.
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Yeah, I think it's a great idea, but I know even less about hardware than I do about software.
--- Quote from: Btwizt on November 28, 2007, 08:26:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: zajacattack on November 26, 2007, 05:48:53 PM ---(3) Why not start a line of Rockbox players by modifying current players and loading them all with Rockbox?
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One very easy way to get in a very deep pile of legal trouble.
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How so? Is it illegal to resell an mp3 player now?
scharkalvin:
--- Quote ---How so? Is it illegal to resell an mp3 player now?
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Yeah, go police EBAY on THAT one! (or woot.com, who right now has a
refurb Sansa E260 for $49)
If you bought an MP3 player you (in theory) also bought a license to use the MP3 codec on that player. You can resell that license when you resell the player. If you were to provide different software, the license to use the codec in that software should come along with the hardware that was licensed as well.
Now, if we were to MAKE our own hardware we would NOT have had the license to provide the MP3 codec. No problem, DON'T provide the codec with our hardware (can always use a free codec such as ogg).
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