Re: [LAD] Aeolus

On Thursday 19 September 2013 11:10:31 IOhannes m zmoelnig did opine:

> On 2013-09-19 05:31, hermann meyer wrote:
> > I'm sad to hear that. :-( Please don't let you lead from the things
> > you didn't like, let you lead from the things you like instead. I
> > guess then it's necessary to let you know that we use /as well/ a
> > fork of your work, the zita-convolver library, in the guitarix
> > project. But we leave your copyright untouched, and the fork will
> > only come in use, when the user set a explicit compile flag. We
> > didn't promote it, or force the fork. Ordinary your original code
> > is in use. We do it to use ffmpeg instead fftw3 FFT, which perform
> > better on ARM devices.
>
> but this sounds like the perfect opportunity to not do a simple fork,
> but to send patches to upstream so fons' aeolus could support both
> fftw3 and ffmpeg FFTs.
> it might be a win-win situation, where not only more than just the
> original aeolus users can profit from fons' work (because you use his
> code) but also more than just your users can profit from your work
> (because you changes are included into upstream aeolus).
>
> fmasdr
> IOhannes

+1 (or more if I could stuff the box, but as a long time broadcast engineer
I use a toothpick for a rowing oar in this crowd) because its an everybody
wins situation then.

Cheers, Gene

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