Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Gibson MaGIC
From: Dan Hollis (goemon_AT_anime.net)
Date: Wed Jul 03 2002 - 21:25:01 EEST
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Mark Rages wrote:
> Is anyone here working on an open-source implementation of MaGIC
> (http://magic.gibson.com)?
> There was some discussion about the legal situation a while back, but
> it is cool to use it in opensource products?
> On the web page it mentions a 10-year royalty free license. Hoping to
> be the GIF of 2012?
It's patented. Nobody wants to touch it with a bargepole, regardless of
whatever license gibson claims they grant. Theres no guarantee that they
won't suddenly become assholes and sue everybody.
-Dan
-- [-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]
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