Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Behringer
From: Dave Robillard (drobilla_AT_connect.carleton.ca)
Date: Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:47:30 EET
On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 23:23 +0100, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 21:02, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:56:03PM +0100, Esben Stien wrote:
> > > Alfons Adriaensen <fons.adriaensen_AT_alcatel.be> writes:
> > >
> > > > For the same reasons, there would be no need to upgrade your Linux
> > > > version, and you don't need driver updates. The current closed-source
> > > > driver will still work in 5 years.
> > >
> > > Now, you're twisting everything to fit a twisted view. Software is
> > > changed much more often than hardware.
> >
> > Yes. And you can't expect a manufacturer of a e.g. soundcard to update
> > all drivers each time you or any other customer decide to upgrade his
> > system. If *you* modify your system and thereby make an existing driver
> > useless, then it's up to *you* to find a solution,
>
> which in case of an opensource driver would be to change a code here and
> there to make it work...
>
> > maybe by providing a
> > compatibility interface in your new system. You can't expect others to
> > pay for the consequences of your decisions. A manufacturer will adapt
> > to a new system if that is in his interest, otherwise not.
>
> Paul, Jan, Fons, and others. I believe that you should switch your
> software to proprietary and make a living out of it. Because in that
> case your reasoning would be perfectly valid.
>
> Marek
Marek! Come on.. I'm sure you're trying to prove some point, but
nothing good can possibly come from suggesting people switch their
projects over to a proprietary licensing scheme.
I, for one, greatly appreciate the contributions of the above to the
world of free audio software - regardless of what opinions they may (or
may not) have about proprietary hardware drivers in Linux.
There is exactly one way to further the advancement of Free Software -
write it. A line of code is worth a million words.
-DR-
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