Talk:MediaCoder

message: I'm the author of MediaCoder and the maintainer of the MediaCoder web site. I hereby license all the texts on MediaCoder web site to Wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.170.128.66 (talk • contribs) 09:56, 10 August 2006  (UTC)
:Thank you for the permission, but Wikipedia isn't about copying other websites, even if you originally created them. It goes against the policies and guidelines, and it reads a bit like an advertisement. I've cleaned it up a bit, but I'd really appreciate it if you could not copy other works in the future. Thank you. Ppk01 20:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have got a question. Once I write something for Wikipedia, then I cannot use the same texts on my own web site? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stanleyhuang (talk • contribs) 05:10, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Under the GNU Free Documentation License, you may freely use text from Wikipedia, under the following conditions:
#your materials in turn have to be licensed under GFDL,
#you must acknowledge the authorship of the article (section 4B), and
#you must provide access to the "transparent copy" of the material (section 4J).
The above points were taken from Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers' rights and obligations, an official policy of Wikipedia. --Ppk01 16:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If he's talking about the text that he himself wrote, then he owns the copyright to it, so he can do what he wants with it. The license terms are for people who do not own the copyright. (I know, this "reply" is a few years late.) --Keith111 (talk) 03:44, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Author of MediaCoder

message: This program uses RSS feed Ads. --Voidvector 21:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The current version (0.7.1) also includes the Open Candy adware. 78.54.141.253 (talk) 15:30, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  this information re adware is long out of date. the extent of adware is as follows-
*Open candy offers to install a tool bar or similar. it doesn't obfuscate this, it's very clear.
*There is no browser opened on launch unless there is an update available.
*There are no ads in the UI.
*When batch converting after a random number of conversions (around 5,) there is a window that asks you to do a simple sum such as 5 + 11 or buy a licence.
*The first time you close it in any given day it opens your default browser to either amazon or one of the developer's other projects Flagpolewiki (talk) 12:00, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adware 

message: The article says this is GPL, the summary says MPL. 137.99.115.237 (talk) 23:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no source code available as of version 0.6 and the current version shows a restrictive EULA at installation time, so I guess it is no longer open source at all. 78.54.141.253 (talk) 15:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  License? 

message: Hmm Google download mirror asks to install Relevant Knowledge spyware and won't install unless you say yes.Geni 21:35, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Relevant Knowledge

message: From the EULA of version 0.7:
End-User License Agreement (EULA) for Broad Intelligence Software.
SOFTWARE PRODUCT: MediaCoder
LICENSES: MPL
...
This Broad Intelligence EULA is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Broad Intelligence for the Broad Intelligence  SOFTWARE PRODUCT identified above.
...
While Stanley Huang may be identified as the "maintainer", it appears to actually belong to some outfit called Broad Intelligence Software.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.139.234.3 (talk) 17:15, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Broad Intelligence Software is founded by Stanley Huang. Refer to its blog for the founding notification. Fleet Command (talk) 17:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ownership 

message: The Link contained within the References section of this page actually points to a project page created by a sourceforge user by the name of 'meglepett' (mantra) who registered on sourceforge the same day the project page that is linked was created (6th February 2010), after the author of MediaCoder declared the software was no longer open source, this user is listed as an Admin of the project page in question and the page is also the only thing this user is connected with on sourceforge. The project page that is linked was last updated on the 2nd of December 2010 and contains only one file, an html document containing just 5 characters 'Hello'.
The original MediaCoder project page on sourceforge no longer exists, and from what I understand hasn't since before the creation of the linked project page.
The project page & user have been reported to sourceforge, as they clearly have no real connection to MediaCoder or its original sourceforge project page. It was speculated to myself at the time that having a project page for 'mediacoder' would deceive people, which was why they reported it to sourceforge, it had been brought to the reporter's attention because of the Softpedia page that is linked in the References section, which says on it that MediaCoder is "open source".
Most of the above I mention just for your information.
I suggest the link to the sourceforge project (that is not the real MediaCoder) page be removed as soon as possible to restrict further deceiving or confusion of other people as to whether it is open or closed source.
I would make the edit myself but I wanted to mention the above here for others to see before the change, that and the fact I rarely even get on these days and have no credited edits (though I have been here a while & spoke with many) I thought it best to do it this way.
Beyond Saving (talk) 11:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding the Sourceforge Link within the page. 

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