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[maluke]

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Who Cares <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: other
Other License: portions are going to be MIT style licensed (python bindings to 
MIT style licensed libs), 
most of code under GPL
Package: Another Sound System
System name: a-ss
Type: non-GNU

Description:
ASS is a project that will develop a protocol for music player back-end and 
front-end communication - that is to separate player core that is pretty much 
thesame for all the players and interface that could be anything from 
command-line to GUI to custom hardware controller. Also dividing player into 
parts permits one to have dedicated (or whatever) music jukebox and 
conviniently control it from his desktop. For such a project to succeed it\'s 
vital to be all-in-one solution and thus be portable and extensible as well as 
provide solution for all the common tasks users expexts from ANY player to 
perform. 

Working plan is like this:
1. develop python bindings for the decoding libraries
2. develop reference prototype back-end in python
3.0 develop the protocol
3. develop reference prototype front-end in python as well as library for 
custom front-ends
4 port that library to major languages
5 extend back-end to support more features (music shelf, music server (for 
LANs), \"personal radio\" (autogenerated palylists based on preference), p2p 
sharing with gateways to other networks, more?)
a. with port of the backend to C somewhere on the way (if requested by many)

Other Software Required:
soft/lib [use] (license)
python (GPL compatible)
swig [not used in runtime] (MIT style)
portaudio [for portable sound output] (MIT style)
libvorbis [ogg vorbis decoding] (GPL compatible)
MADlib [mpeg audio decoding] (GPL)
libmodplug [music modules decoding] (public domain)
zlib [well..] (GPL compatible)

Other Comments:
the preliminary implementation exists but is not available to public - first 
public release is expected in 2 weeks.
at the moment this is a one-man project.
i expect quite a lot of assistance from the community once step 3 is done.