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Emby Server is a personal media server with apps on just about every device.

8 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 3 stories, 5 comments · first 2018-03-20 · latest 2022-04-05

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  1. …to pay), and I've seen that their server is definitely release under GPL license? But is paid? https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/blob/master/LICENSE.md Afaik I am not sure anymore who forked who but…
    comment by lnxg33k1 · 2022-04-05 · in End the Streaming Struggle with Plex
  2. …not a guarantee that it wouldn't be in the future. Emby had a fair amount of contributors as well ( https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/graphs/contributors ) and then they've just stopped pushing more commits to it. As far as I'm aware,…
    comment by input_sh · 2021-09-27 · in Jellyfin: Free Software Media System
  3. I speak mainly in regards to their closed-source, proprietary nature. I used Plex briefly some years ago, but became dissatisfied with nag screens, paywalls, and the inability to conduct user authentication on my own terms. Usage of a Plex…
    comment by branon · 2020-01-08 · in Jellyfin: A Free Software Media System
  4. Just in case anyone doesn't know the details: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/issues/3075
    comment by HaoZeke · 2019-01-09 · in Jellyfin: A better, truly free Emby
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    There are 3.6.x releases [...] Where is the source code?
    story by OJFord · 2018-12-12 · 0 comments
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    Emby Media Server moves from open source to proprietary
    story by teejmya · 2018-12-07 · 0 comments
  7. Sounds just like [Emby nowadays] ( https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/issues/3075 ) . The main issue is not how hard they worked and how they need to sustain themselves. The point is that these people are scamsters who think the GPL and…
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    GPL violations for advertising purposes
    story by HaoZeke · 2018-03-20 · 6 comments