Re: WombatShare 3rd party Sharing possibility...

On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 12:08, Ciaran wrote:
> No real reason at the minute, I don't want to open the source up yet 
> [it looks a mess right now]  

Fixing up messes and improving quality is what 
open-source is all about. 

> The reason why you can't distribute a 
> closed-source plugin, is that because it has to be 
> compile-from-source-able ?

Exactly plus the above.

> Is there any SDK/Documentation on implementing plugins for Zinf?
> Thanks,
> - Ciaran

Documentation is really only in the source.  Best
documentation is an example, no?  You are probably interested
in mdb (music database), ui/musicbrowser (gtk2.X music browser), 
ui/musicbrowsermm (gtkmm browser), ui/download (defunct emusic
downloader).

> 
> Kristian Kvilekval wrote:
> 
> >Zinf supports plugins and is probably suitable considering its 
> >music library functions.  However, why is your tool closed
> >source?  I know I could not distribute your closed-source plugin
> >(nor could most of our packagers debian, mandrake, etc).
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 11:53, Ciaran wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>I'm currently implementing (or trying to at least) a mechanism to allow 
> >>sharing between multiple media players.  I was wondering if you thought 
> >>Zinf might be a suitable candidate for this.  WombatShare is currently 
> >>closed source (although this is not neccessarily true forever, just for 
> >>now).   How difficult would integrating it into the Music Library whilst 
> >>maintaining as a closed 3rd party unit be?  Does Zinf have any support 
> >>for plugins etc ?
> >>If you don't think its suitable then thats cool, I just want to know
> >>Cheers
> >>
> >>More Info @ http:\\www.wombatinvasion.com\
> >>
> >>
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