Helix DNA Client Source On October 29 "Real's Helix DNA Client's source will be released on October 29. The Helix DNA client is available through both the RCSL and the RPSL licenses. More information on these licenses at their licensing page. Intial platform support is planned for Win32, OSX, and Linux. More technical details available here." [Slashdot.org]

When Real announced they had open-sourced their server software, I wasn't all that excited -- all the cool proprietary tech is binary-only.  But the client they are now releasing has a bunch of cool infrastructure implemented (including the Real Time Transport Protocol suite of protocols, alphablending, volume management, proxy auto-discovery, and more).  It will ship with MP3 and H.263 support, and Ogg Vorbis support is coming.  So it's useful out-of-the-box.

It's dual-licensed, and the "open" license has not yet been approved by the Open Source Initiative.

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