Re: [linux-audio-dev] what happened to XAP?

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] what happened to XAP?
From: Marco Ballini (marcoballini_AT_libero.it)
Date: Thu Sep 25 2003 - 05:30:49 EEST


On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 19:25, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:18:45PM +0200, Marco Ballini wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 18:20, Paul Davis wrote:
> > > discussion about it moved to the GMPI list. GMPI is an industry-wide
> > > attempt to define a platform+vendor neutral music plugin API.
> > Does this mean that the decision process is driven by commercial
> > interests.
>
> Partly, but many of the contributors are Free Software people, and IIRC the
> final SDK will be released under a Free Software friendly licence.
>
> > Are they developing an API with the same philosophy of LADSPA?
>
> No, we allready have a LADSPA, its intended to include events and other
> things that are missing form LADSPA.
with "philosophy" I meant (sorry for my english): designed to be an
"open" API. Maybe I'm wrong (and please correct me) but the the issues
regaurding future use and development of such an API are not only
related to the license but also with the design process.
Best regards
-Marco


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