In May 2007, MainConcept decided to discontinue the supply and development of MainActor. In November 2007, MainConcept was taken over by DivX, Inc. MainActor is no longer officially available or supported. MainActor was one of the most complete and affordable video editing software available for Linux.
Some individuals already sent emails to MainConcept, then to DivX, requesting to release MainActor source code but without success. I hope that we, the whole Open Source Community, will have more success by putting all our efforts together.
So, by signing this petition, we ask that DivX release most source code (if not all) of MainActor under an Open Source license so that the Open Source Community can continue to support and improve it.
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why keep it locked away if you arent developing it? let us have it
still have my old project files. would love to be able to open them again
bring back mainactor for linux plz. it was the best tool i ever used for editing
MAINACTOR WAS THE BEST. RELEASE THE SOURCE CODE TO THE COMMUNITY ALREADY.
its a shame this is just sitting around doing nothing. open source it already!
please free mainactor´s code
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In May 2007, MainConcept decided to discontinue the supply and development of MainActor. In November 2007, MainConcept was taken over by DivX, Inc. MainActor is no longer officially available or supported. MainActor was one of the most complete and affordable video editing software available for Linux.
Some individuals already sent emails to MainConcept, then to DivX, requesting to release MainActor source code but without success. I hope that we, the whole Open Source Community, will have more success by putting all our efforts together.
So, by signing this petition, we ask that DivX release most source code (if not all) of MainActor under an Open Source license so that the Open Source Community can continue to support and improve it.
Thanks for signing this petition!
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Reached 1,000 supporters
December 20, 2007
Reached 100 supporters
August 21, 2007
7 Comments
used this for years. sad to see it dead but we could fix it if we had the code
why keep it locked away if you arent developing it? let us have it
still have my old project files. would love to be able to open them again
bring back mainactor for linux plz. it was the best tool i ever used for editing
MAINACTOR WAS THE BEST. RELEASE THE SOURCE CODE TO THE COMMUNITY ALREADY.
its a shame this is just sitting around doing nothing. open source it already!
please free mainactor´s code
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used this for years. sad to see it dead but we could fix it if we had the code