About this episode
This episode explores the Kodi project, its history, and its impact on technology, featuring insights from core developers.
The focus of this episode is a little unknown project by the name of Kodi, formerly known as XBMC. Powering approximately 75% of the world's hotel set-top boxes alone (wild guess :-), this codebase has come a long way since its inception more than 20 years ago. Chris and Martin have a panel of coredevs at the ready, ready to spill the beans and much more. Subjects range from esoteric programming languages such as C++, world domination (no surprises there! :-) and how to get there (as the brochure looks nice) and more. Much more. And FLOSS licenses. Curious what this blatant teaser is all about? Then don't miss this show! Links Kodi: https://kodi.tv Xbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox OSMC: https://osmc.tv LibreELEC: https://libreelec.tv Kodi Foundation: https://kodi.tv/about/foundation DMCA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act Open Web OS: https://www.webosose.org Kodi @ Github: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc Pennyworth: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8425532 Rowan's LinkedIn post…
People in this episode
Hosts: Chris, Martin
Topics covered
- Kodi
- FLOSS licenses
- programming languages
- set-top boxes
- open source
- technology
Keywords
- Kodi
- XBMC
- open source
- set-top boxes
- programming
- FLOSS
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kodi, XBMC, Xbox, OSMC, LibreELEC, Kodi Foundation, DMCA, Open Web OS, Kodi @ Github
Books & works: Pennyworth
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