FooSnarl Connecting Foobar2000 and Snarl

FAQ

What are Foobar2000 and Snarl?

Foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.  Snarl is a notification system for Windows. It provides a standard, simple way for application to notify you, the end user, of important events.

What is FooSnarl?

FooSnarl is the glue that keeps this happy tech sandwich together.  It enables Foobar to send messages about music playback status to Snarl, which creates nice little pop-ups in the corner of your screen.  You can customize which playback events you would like to be notified about as well as the style of the notifications.   In coming versions of FooSnarl users will be able to configure the actions that occur when clicking the notifications

Where can I get support for FooSnarl?

If you have questions about installing, configuring or using FooSnarl please email support [at] pyrodogg [dot] com with an appropriate subject line.

If you have features you would like to see in the software please use the feedback tab on the left hand side of the site to submit your ideas.

If you are a coder interested in helping please email support [at] pyrodogg [dot] com with a note that you'd like to help.  If other people would like to help do any sort of coding I would be happy to move the codebase to a git repository

What is open source software?

Introduction

Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria:

1. Free Redistribution

The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.

2. Source Code

The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. Where some form of a product is not distributed with source code, there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable reproduction cost preferably, downloading via the Internet without charge. The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program. Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed. Intermediate forms such as the output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed.

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-- Open Source Definition (via the Open Source Initiative)

What license is FooSnarl released under?

FooSnarl is released under the BSD license, specifically the following:

Copyright (c) 2008, Skyler Kehren

All rights reserved.

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