Silverjuke goes OpenSource

[Service-Team]

Hello - there are some news to tell.

The Silverjuke core is now available under the GPL licence. Upcoming Linux distributions may contain Silverjuke in their repositories therefore - e.g we know that Debian or Ubuntu will contain Silverjuke 14.4 in their next release.

The Silverjuke core source code, which will build on most Linux version using the standard tools, is already available at https://github.com/r10s/silverjuke

The GPL'd Silverjuke source core may be used for private or commercial purposes for free - in any meaning - without any restrictions.

Will there also be a new Windows Version? And will the Windows version be OpenSource, too? Yes, there will be a Windows version. No, it won't be OpenSource as Windows requires some unfree components. The Windows version will be sold on silverjuke.net as usual.

Will there be a new Mac version? EDIT: We're just working on a new Mac version.

What are the features of the new Version? To be more future-proof, we've done a bit source code cleanup, however, most features are the same as the old 2.x Versions, skins will work as usual and we've fixed many bugs. For several reasons, we've dropped scripting support, it is not clear if this comes to Silverjuke again in this form.

You will find more information about all this stuff on silverjuke.net soon.

So far, best regards - and stay curious -,
Your Silverjuke-Team

[JukeFan]

Great news,

Many thanx for going open source.
This will help greatly keeping SilverJuke as a serious player for everybody.

Also great to learn that there is/will be a release for Linux OS.
I'm no longer willing to use MicSft OS's for obvious reasons and in the process of switching to Ubuntu I'm exited that I do not need to say goodbye to SilverJuke.

You guys made made my day!!
Thanx!!!

[Service-Team]

You're welcome!

[Virgus]

What a great surprise! Thanks for such good news!
Have a great day,
V.

PS BTW Going open source, even if scripting is disabled, can we expect in the next future to see http remotes for Android & iOS
(made by you or 3rd party developers), like we have for XBMC etc.?

[Service-Team]

Hello Virgus,

thank you for your post.

Regarding the future: Of course, we have some plans, but it is not clear what will happen exactly.

Best regards
Your Silverjuke-Team