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soDean writes:
The FOSS video player / downloader Miro is asking its users to support development by 'adopting' a line of source code for $4 a month. Each adopted line of code comes personalized with a little avatar character that will grow older over the year. PCF, which makes Miro, says they think the project is the first of its kind and they believe it's a chance to "to have a truly bottom up funding base."
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soDean writes:
Miro, the free and open source HD video player & internet TV, just launched their 2.0 release today. It features an all-new interface and an entirely rewritten UI engine, plus tons of new features and improvements-- it's less of a collection of new stuff and more of a rethinking of the whole experience.
Miro can be downloaded for Linux, Mac, and Windows here: Miro 2.0
Miro is developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation (a 501c3 non-profit, hell-bent on making internet video more open and decentralized), along with a dedicated community of users, volunteers, translators, testers, and coders.
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soDean writes:
The Principles for an Open Transition and a petition were co-launched by Lawrence Lessig, Mozilla, and the Participatory Culture Foundation today. This was in reaction to the announcement that Obama would be posting his transition videos to YouTube.
The petition encourages Obama to publish his transition videos with open licenses, make them available for download, and preferably use royalty free/open video formats and standards. Unless YouTube makes some radical changes, the videos will need to be hosted elsewhere.
