Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Tracker
From: Billy Biggs (vektor_AT_dumbterm.net)
Date: Thu Nov 27 2003 - 03:35:47 EET
Hi Lea,
Stonekeeper (stonekeeper_AT_stonekeeper.freeserve.co.uk):
> On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 19:01, Juan Linietsky wrote:
> > It's not bad, but it's not really free (OpenSource),
>
> Generally, musicians don't give a toss whether something is
> free(Opensource) or not (let the flaming begin). Seriously, I've not
> met a single non-coder who felt this was an issue. "Opensource? I
> don't know about that. Does it allow me to make good music?"
Just a comment (not a flame). This is the linux-audio-dev list, so
most of us are both application developers and musicians ;) So Juan's
comment is quite relevant, readers of this list would be much more
interested if it was open source, since that would be an application we
can contribute to and source code that we can use ourselves.
While your comments are a little harsh, I agree that more
communication between developers of Linux applications would be very
useful, even just for Juan's initial comments on the application. But
this problem is not specific to closed-source applications, Linux
developers in general seem to get very little feedback.
That said, the Linux development community is quite political and
non-open applications are generally ignored on principle. At least for
me, the point of developing applications under Linux is that there is a
community of developers willing to share code with me. Closed source
applications are uninteresting to most developers because of this.
Your comment here is interesting:
> [...] Saying it's crap because of X,Y and Z will ultimately end up
> being bad for the linux musicians community not him (he can spend all
> his time accommodating the windows users who really appreciate his
> efforts).
Because I agree that these politics make Linux awkward for a new
developer who may be wary or unable to release source code. I am not
sure how best to approach this.
-Billy
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