In every list
That XMCB media centre is in _every_ list it seems.
The world of open source gets the equivalent of an Oscar awards ceremony later this month when code-host SourceForge announces the winners of its second-annual vote on the community's top projects. And this year SourceForge is loosening the bow tie and letting down the hair, by inviting nominations for projects that could land …
'most likely to be accused of patent violation, most likely to get users sued'
is this for real?
Apparently it is:
http://sourceforge.net/community/cca08-finalists
As is
'Most Likely to Get Users Sued'
Has someone not noticed that MS has put down some joke nominations - and somehow they're on the list.
XBMC has to be the front runner for the "Most likely to be sued" and "Most likely to get users sued" since it requires pirated Microsoft tools and illegal chipping to run on the XBox. With Microsoft sponsoring the event you have to wonder why anyone involved with, or using, XBMC would bring this sort of attention to themselves.
As far as XBMC appearing to get so many nominations, for what is otherwise a pretty low rated application, you have to suspect they stuffed the ballot box. Or given what I just noted, maybe someone really doesn't like the project very much?