Bluecherry Open Sources Entire VMS

By: Sean Patton, Published on May 13, 2019

Bluecherry announced they have "released the entire Bluecherry software application open source with a GPL license".

We spoke to Bluecherry's founder and president, to find out why they made this change, what challenges they expect and what impact they expect it to have.

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Why **** ******

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Support **** *********

********** ****** ** "**********" support ****** ************ ***** offers ***** ******* (******* business *****), ******** ***** support, **** ****, *** user ******. ****** ********** support ****** ****** ***** from $** *** * cameras, ** ** $*** for ** *******.

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Downloads ******** ************* / ******* *** ** ****

********** **** **** ***** downloads **** ********* ***% since ***** ************, ******* increases **** *** ******* that ****. **** *** expecting ***** ** ******** but ***** **** ** has *** **** **** since *** ************.

*******, *** ******* **** of **** ******** * previously *******-*** ***** *********** is **** *** ******* from ******* ***** **** be **** *** *** users **** ******* ** pay *** ****** ************ fees.

Future *****

******** *** **** *****, Bluecherry ********* *** ****** [link ** ****** *********] and ****** [**** ** longer *********] *********** *******. Notable ****** ***** ******* H.265 *******, **** **** event ************, *** ****-***** PTZ ******* ************. ************ Hall **** **** *** planning ** *** ******* developer *** ******** ** grow *********** ********* ******* word-of-mouth ** ***********/*** *******. He **** **** ** not **** *** ***** to ********* ** **** sales *****.

Compared ** ******* ****

***** ******** **** ********* is * **** ********* compared ** **** *****, Bluecherry ***** ******** * PC *** **** ****** for *******. ******* **** are *********** ** ***** that *** ******** ********* software ** *********** ****. Bluecherry ****** *****, *******, and *** ****** ***** clients, *** ***** * mobile ******, ***** ** a *********** ************ *** residential *******.

Few **** ****** *****

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Comments (2)

Matthew Del Salto

BLACKBOX USA | 05/13/19 02:09pm

*********** ** * ***** video ***** ** ****.

Undisclosed #1

05/13/19 08:36pm

****** *** *** ****, going ** **** **** out ***** ** **** NVR ***** **** **** free ***** ***** ** their *****.

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