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Post by cmdshft » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:52 am

Any others for us Windows Users? Linux seems to be king of the hill in this thread, and is a bit dissapointing for us Windows lovers...

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Post by cmdshft » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:41 am

Ahah... I found a good one.

http://www.dirfile.com/dvd_rip_n_burn.htm

DVDRipAndBurn. Lets you make any format DVD/SVCD/VCD etc. discs to play on your DVD player.

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Post by Kalium » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:25 am

That's free, but not Free. Major distinction.

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Post by cmdshft » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:15 pm

I think I fail to see it...

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Post by cmdshft » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:20 pm

It clearly says Freeware in the description...

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Post by Kai Stromler » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:32 pm

Kalium should have linked this page in his initial answer, rather than just assuming that you would understand the distinction -- which does not really, as yet, have much currency beyond those who work in software development or system administration.

The gist of it is that there is a difference between free software and Free Software. The first is "free" in the sense that "free beer" is free. The second is "Free" in the sense that "free speech" is free. In more concrete terms, if users of the software do not have access to the source code for the software, and do not have the right to modify that source code and change the software to fit their own needs, it's not Free, however little it costs to acquire.

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Post by cmdshft » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:38 pm

Ah, I see. Well, then the software is free, not Free. I was just listing it for us Windows users, Linux, as stated before, seems to have the best software for DVD/VCD Authoring. Thanks for clearing that up.

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Post by Kalium » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:44 pm

It's not that I was assuming they would know, I was just assuming they would read the entire thread.

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Post by trythil » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:29 pm

transcode has moved to a new location:

http://www.transcoding.org/cgi-bin/transcode

If a forum mod or administrator could update the list in the first post, I'd appreciate it.

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Post by Gokai » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:53 am

Correct me if I'm not wrong.
The definition of "free" is that you can get the program without paying.
The definition of "Free" is that it is opensource(meaning that anyone is "free" to recode the program).
Can we just refer "Free" as "opensource" and leave the regular "free" alone?
This will cause less confusion.

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