topic title: Music as code
Posts: 1,308
BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#1
The band netcat released their latest album as a
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://github.com/usrbinnc/netcat-cpi-kernel-module"
linktext was:"kernel module"
====================================
! I don't know what license they used for the code. It produces the music in ogg format. After you build and load the module, you can play it like this:

Code: Select all

ogg123 - < /dev/netcat
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
I was checking that out at


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/band-releases-album-as-linux-kernel-module-4175502803/"
linktext was:"http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... 175502803/"
====================================


__{{emoticon}}__
Builds (and plays) ok on F20 - pity it taints the kernel, especially as gregkh was involved.
Posts: 630
Eino
Joined: 12 Oct 2012
#3
BitJam wrote:The band netcat released their latest album as a
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://github.com/usrbinnc/netcat-cpi-kernel-module"
linktext was:"kernel module"
====================================
! I don't know what license they used for the code. It produces the music in ogg format. After you build and load the module, you can play it like this:

Code: Select all

ogg123 - < /dev/netcat
I would not trust a kernel module from that kind of source, why did they not just publish the music as ogg in the first place. Just makes more sense.
Posts: 667
jdmeaux1952
Joined: 01 Nov 2013
#4
Like Eino said. Why not?