Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] VST plug-ins for Linux?
From: n++k (knos_AT_free.fr)
Date: Sat Sep 08 2001 - 19:00:44 EEST
[Paul Davis <pbd_AT_Op.Net>]
| >> Finally, there *are* VST hosts for Linux. We just can't distribute the
| >> source code for them since that involves redistributing the VST SDK,
| >> which is illegal.
| >This is a bit knotty, and is a ugly/possibly short-sighted solution to VST
| >licensing issues, but is there any way of writing a wrapper for VST which
| >allows access to the VST API by proxy? The implementation would be closed
| >source but the header would be public, offering perhaps a LADSPA like
| >interface?
|
| a better, and simpler solution, is a perl or other script that takes
| the VST SDK as distributed by Steinberg and hacks it into shape for
| use under Linux. someone should feel free to do this :) once they're
| done with that, only libvstgui awaits .... :)))
|
| --p
|
oooooh
why not distribute the .h in form and a patch, and at make time, patch the file?
shouldn't that work? (considering 90% of linux users should have patch around)
i don't think there's even a copyright infrigment then, since no copy is
actually made anymore once it's on the user's harddrive.
-- n ++k
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