Re: [linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Thu Jan 12 2006 - 22:10:39 EET

On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:26 +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote:
> >I told him I was keen to buy one - but would hold back until the GPL
> >was being complied with.
>
> well, that'd be a pity, because there's not actually anything about
> their code release thats going to prevent you from running your own
> code on it .. there's nothing stopping you from upgrading the kernel
> to an open one, nothing preventing you from writing new code for the
> platform, which is open, functioning, and able to run whatever code
> you write for it. the only issue is that there are bins being
> shipped with source not available; but you can most certainly port
> whatever source you want to the machine, including source for the
> onboard apps available elsewhere, so its not really a barrier to
> enjoying the platform; it is, of course, yet again, "niggly
> dogmatics" versus 'those who are writing code and getting on with it'

No, it's not a pity at all, we should not support GPL violators by
buying their hardware.

Lee
Received on Fri Jan 13 04:15:06 2006

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