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GNU MediaGoblin 0.5.0: "Goblin Force" released

70 points by jwandborg 13y ago

frewsxcv 13y ago
Congrats MediaGoblin team, this is one of my favorite open source projects. Keep up the awesome work :D If anyone else is interested, I started a side project aimed at making MediaGoblin easy to install on Heroku: https://github.com/frewsxcv/mediagoblin-heroku https://github.com/frewsxcv/mediagoblin-heroku For the most part it works, but if any of you are Celery gurus, I could get it working the way I wanted.
- zeckalpha 13y ago
  Is the way MediaGoblin is imported what makes it okay to release this as MPL? I have a similar licensing situation for a GPL Python package I would like to use.
  - frewsxcv 13y ago
    Heh. Honestly, I'm not sure. IANAL, but I think it would be okay considering MPL version 2 is a GPL compatible license https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL#Compatibility_and_multi-licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL#Compatibility_and_multi-li... That said, I tend to just pick MPL by default for my projects, but am not opposed to changing to make it compatible (not to mention there's hardly any code in the repo anyways)
    - zeckalpha 13y ago
      IANAL either, but I believe. MPL can be imported by a GPL project, but not the other way around, as the importer would need to be licensed as GPL, too.
      - belorn 13y ago
        FSF has a rather lengthy text regarding using MPL with GPL at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0 I would agree with the above statement that MPL can be licensed as GPL, but not the other way around. However, I would follow the FSF advice in keeping MPL code MPL through dual licensing.
- orblivion 13y ago
  I tried messing with the Mediagoblin Openshift project, I think I've given up. Do you have video working on the Heroku one?
schabernakk 13y ago
Can anyone who is running this explain why and how he uses it? As far as I understand it, its not a media center solution but rater a self hosted social network focused on sharing media. How would a typical use case look like: Set up a mediagoblin instance to share vacation photos and videos with your friends?
- ozten 13y ago
  I think it is a self hosted solution for Flickr/Vimeo use cases.
- gcb0 13y ago
  media goblin + cheap hosting + yearly domain fee = your own flickr/picasa/youtube/vimeo/etc No more have your videos removed without explanation because you had some radio barely audible in the background or some other idiotic issues
  - mattl 13y ago
    you don't think your cheap webhost will drop you immediately if they get a DMCA takedown?
    - schrijver 13y ago
      DMCA doesn't apply in Europe?
      - yarrel 13y ago
        The EUCD does. It also has takedown provisions.
    - pessimizer 13y ago
      Do you think your cousin is going to turn you in?
    - gcb0 13y ago
      They will not get it to begin with. 1. there will be not many people watching it to begin with. 2. even if there are, it's distributed across so many media goblins install. break down youtube access for (1/3 * number of videos they have) = number of different DMCA requests the MAFIAA lawyers will have to work out. It just will not scale as it does now.
a8da6b0c91d 13y ago
Holy hell is that nerd cartoon crap and sales patter off-putting. Get a designer, stat.
- frewsxcv 13y ago
  Seriously. Having fun and creating cool artwork shouldn't be allowed in this industry.
csense 13y ago
"MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc." This information is on the front page [1], but there is no link to that page from the linked page that I could find. (Note for people reading this who design websites: Make sure someone linked to any page on your product's site can easily find an explanation of what your product is and does.) [1] http://www.mediagoblin.org/ http://www.mediagoblin.org/
nemo 13y ago
Please, please, please fix the cupcake photo's color temp. http://mediagoblin.org/images/home_goblin.png http://mediagoblin.org/images/home_goblin.png http://mediagoblin.org/images/tour/cupcake_discussion-scaled.png http://mediagoblin.org/images/tour/cupcake_discussion-scaled...
- davexunit 13y ago
  Patches welcome.
013 13y ago
Is MediaGoblin similar to Plex (http://www.plexapp.com/ http://www.plexapp.com/)? If so, which one is better?
- dan-bell 13y ago
  "You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc." It's more of a personal media store than a media streaming solution like Plex.

70 points by jwandborg 13y ago

Congrats MediaGoblin team, this is one of my favorite open source projects. Keep up the awesome work :D If anyone else is interested, I started a side project aimed at making MediaGoblin easy to install on Heroku: https://github.com/frewsxcv/mediagoblin-heroku https://github.com/frewsxcv/mediagoblin-heroku For the most part it works, but if any of you are Celery gurus, I could get it working the way I wanted.

zeckalpha 13y ago
Is the way MediaGoblin is imported what makes it okay to release this as MPL? I have a similar licensing situation for a GPL Python package I would like to use.
- frewsxcv 13y ago
  Heh. Honestly, I'm not sure. IANAL, but I think it would be okay considering MPL version 2 is a GPL compatible license https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL#Compatibility_and_multi-licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL#Compatibility_and_multi-li... That said, I tend to just pick MPL by default for my projects, but am not opposed to changing to make it compatible (not to mention there's hardly any code in the repo anyways)
  - zeckalpha 13y ago
    IANAL either, but I believe. MPL can be imported by a GPL project, but not the other way around, as the importer would need to be licensed as GPL, too.
    - belorn 13y ago
      FSF has a rather lengthy text regarding using MPL with GPL at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL-2.0 I would agree with the above statement that MPL can be licensed as GPL, but not the other way around. However, I would follow the FSF advice in keeping MPL code MPL through dual licensing.
orblivion 13y ago
I tried messing with the Mediagoblin Openshift project, I think I've given up. Do you have video working on the Heroku one?

schabernakk 13y ago

Can anyone who is running this explain why and how he uses it? As far as I understand it, its not a media center solution but rater a self hosted social network focused on sharing media. How would a typical use case look like: Set up a mediagoblin instance to share vacation photos and videos with your friends?

ozten 13y ago
I think it is a self hosted solution for Flickr/Vimeo use cases.
gcb0 13y ago
media goblin + cheap hosting + yearly domain fee = your own flickr/picasa/youtube/vimeo/etc No more have your videos removed without explanation because you had some radio barely audible in the background or some other idiotic issues
- mattl 13y ago
  you don't think your cheap webhost will drop you immediately if they get a DMCA takedown?
  - schrijver 13y ago
    DMCA doesn't apply in Europe?
    - yarrel 13y ago
      The EUCD does. It also has takedown provisions.
  - pessimizer 13y ago
    Do you think your cousin is going to turn you in?
  - gcb0 13y ago
    They will not get it to begin with. 1. there will be not many people watching it to begin with. 2. even if there are, it's distributed across so many media goblins install. break down youtube access for (1/3 * number of videos they have) = number of different DMCA requests the MAFIAA lawyers will have to work out. It just will not scale as it does now.

a8da6b0c91d 13y ago

Holy hell is that nerd cartoon crap and sales patter off-putting. Get a designer, stat.

frewsxcv 13y ago
Seriously. Having fun and creating cool artwork shouldn't be allowed in this industry.

csense 13y ago

"MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc." This information is on the front page [1], but there is no link to that page from the linked page that I could find. (Note for people reading this who design websites: Make sure someone linked to any page on your product's site can easily find an explanation of what your product is and does.) [1] http://www.mediagoblin.org/ http://www.mediagoblin.org/

nemo 13y ago

Please, please, please fix the cupcake photo's color temp. http://mediagoblin.org/images/home_goblin.png http://mediagoblin.org/images/home_goblin.png http://mediagoblin.org/images/tour/cupcake_discussion-scaled.png http://mediagoblin.org/images/tour/cupcake_discussion-scaled...

davexunit 13y ago
Patches welcome.

013 13y ago

Is MediaGoblin similar to Plex (http://www.plexapp.com/ http://www.plexapp.com/)? If so, which one is better?

dan-bell 13y ago
"You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc." It's more of a personal media store than a media streaming solution like Plex.