Gnomoradio

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Gnomoradio
The folder "fetched files" contains automatically downloaded music. Those files with a red marker in front of them have not been downloaded yet. Items tagged with the small "cc" logo are licensed under a Creative Commons license, which at the very least allows redistribution for non-commercial purposes.
Developer:	Gnomoradio developers
Latest release:	0.15.1 / November 6, 2004
OS:	Cross-platform
Use:	?
License:	GPL
Website:	www.gnomoradio.org

Gnomoradio is an open source application for the GNOME desktop which manages a user's collection of audio files (typically encoded with lossy compression algorithms such as MP3 and Ogg Vorbis). It is very similar to iRATE radio, in that it can automatically fetch content under a license that allows redistribution.

The user can rate the music they have downloaded. The program then tries to build a listening profile based on the user's ratings, and recommends music that other users with similar profiles like. As such, it is an example of collaborative filtering.

Gnomoradio is licensed under the GNU General Public License. Currently, Gnomoradio is being ported as a Mozilla XUL application so that it can be run cross-platform across Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

[edit] External links

• Official homepage
• IRC channel #gnomoradio on irc.gimp.org (used for development and support)
• Gnomoradio: Creative Commons Music Sharing. Story and discussion on Slashdot, September 10, 2004.