Kodi is that almighty multimedia player that does a lot by itself, but gains many integers thanks to addons. It is very good software, but it seems that it is going to be better: its developers they have had the pleasure of announcing which Kodi has become part of the Linux Foundation as a member partner. This will translate into true innovation, something that was not possible when Kodi was not open source.
Kodi tells us that now anyone can contribute to improve their software or suggest features that improve the user experience, or more than today. As a user of the player on Linux, Windows, macOS and Android, I think you need to improve, for example, on what happens when a addon it fails for any reason, which can lead to the program freezing. This happens in all the operating systems I have tested it on. I do not know why, reading this news I am hopeful that this will be fixed in the future.
Kodi becomes 100% Open Source
«This is a story that happens every day. An individual shares some code thinking 'meh, nobody cares about this'. Two days later someone from the globe sends a patch to fix a bug or suggest an improvement. Now there are two individuals working on a common problem. They do not know each other but they are working together, sharing ideas. When people collaborate and share, the project and the community will always benefit.
Kodi has been around for several versions available in the official repositories of many Linux distributions. What started out as XBMP (XBox Media Player) was separated from the main project and became XBMC to finally stay with the name of Kodi. In recent years they have changed the default theme so that it looks good not only on PCs, but also on tablets, set-top boxes and mobile phones, while being more intuitive. I think in the past he was taking smaller steps and now he is taking bigger steps.
What do you think about Kodi becoming part of the Linux Foundation?
