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Commit 9a9bf230 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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media: dvb/intro: update the history part of the document 



Convergence doesn't exist anymore. The community itself maintains
the spec. Update accordingly.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/intro.rst

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cards and their new features like recording MPEG streams and filtering

several section and PES data streams at the same time.



In early 2000, we were approached by Nokia with a proposal for a new

In early 2000, Convergence was approached by Nokia with a proposal for a new

standard Linux DVB API. As a commitment to the development of terminals

based on open standards, Nokia and Convergence made it available to all

Linux developers and published it on https://linuxtv.org in September

2000. Convergence is the maintainer of the Linux DVB API. Together with

the LinuxTV community (i.e. you, the reader of this document), the Linux

DVB API will be constantly reviewed and improved. With the Linux driver

for the Siemens/Hauppauge DVB PCI card Convergence provides a first

implementation of the Linux DVB API.

2000. With the Linux driver for the Siemens/Hauppauge DVB PCI card,

Convergence provided a first implementation of the Linux DVB API.

Convergence was the maintainer of the Linux DVB API in the early

days.



Now, the API is maintained by the LinuxTV community (i.e. you, the reader

of this document). The Linux  Digital TV API is constantly reviewed and

improved together with the improvements at the subsystem's core at the

Kernel.





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