Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Broadcast 2000 removed from public access
From: Kevin Hremeviuc (khremeviuc_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Sep 11 2001 - 10:08:33 EEST
Hi all,
This is truly sad. This has been one of my favourite
pieces of Linux audio software. I guess their are many
possibilities for this latest development. I think the
fact that Broadcast was always on the edge of the open
source thing ( b2000 that is ), I always thought that
something would happen at some stage.
I think that with the fall of any opposition to market
economics the flood gates were opened on all manner of
hedonistic money making activities. Thus the assault
on intellectual property. How is it that a company can
patent/copyright human dna, viral dna and big
pharmacutical companies can hold South Africa and
Argentina to ransom for aids drugs etc. Surely dna and
cures or treatment for diseases/ailments are the
property of all humanity.
The liability madness is part of this same strange
phenomenon. It's not people going crazy, it's the
craziness of a market economy gone wrong ( not that it
could ever be right ). This culture effects the
general culture, and consequently some non-sensical
behaviour isn't so none sensical after all.
However, this thing with Broadcast could be a ploy to
move to payed for video software. Who knows. Anythings
possible these days.
Kev.
--- brian redfern <nutmeggatron_AT_yahoo.com> wrote: >
Its most likely his employer (pioneer) told him to
> stop coding or they'd fire or sue him.
> --- "D. Stimits" <stimits_AT_idcomm.com> wrote:
> > Paul Davis wrote:
> > >
> > > >Well, that's really sad. Let's hope that some
> > people may go on with the
> > > >previous GPL code...
> > >
> > > it also strikes me as mostly bullshit, though
> i'd
> > want to speak to a
> > > lawyer before concluding that completely. GPL'ed
> > software is almost
> > > universally made available with no warranty. as
> a
> > post on slashdot
> > > points out, Microsoft could be sued up the wazoo
> > if it weren't for its
> > > "no warranty" clause, and it never has been. why
> > broadcast2000 would
> > > be any different, given its similarly worded
> > no-warranty clause, i
> > > don't know. the key question for a lawyer would
> be
> > how much it would
> > > cost to establish the validity of the
> no-warranty
> > clause.
> > >
> >
> > They are saying that "no warranty" on the license
> is
> > not enough to avoid
> > responsibility in some cases. The company using
> the
> > software has the
> > knowledge, but the investors don't, and apparently
> > the investors are
> > succeeding in using the "deep pockets" idea of
> suing
> > whoever is left
> > standing once the original company goes under. In
> an
> > analogy, if you
> > were to give out free vodka, warning people not to
> > drink and drive,
> > you'd probably still go to jail or lose a lawsuit
> > when the drunk
> > actually runs over someone...whoever got run over
> is
> > not bound by your
> > agreements with the drunk. It seems wrong that it
> > should be happening,
> > but apparently financially concerned third parties
> > are not bound by the
> > license between source author and business users
> of
> > the source. Very
> > stupid indeed (or at least that's my
> interpretation
> > in terms of computer
> > source...drunk driving is another story).
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits_AT_idcomm.com
> >
> > > as for fears about IP infringement, thats a
> > different story
> > > altogether, and a lot more justified in the
> > current climate. i just
> > > hope that i can take on any such challenge if it
> > comes toward ardour
> > > ... i intend to try.
> > >
> > > --p
>
>
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