Subject: OT - was Re: [linux-audio-user] Fervent Software Studio..to go! and GPL issues
From: eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net
Date: Thu Dec 16 2004 - 17:19:41 EET
>Re-,
>
>I hope you didn't take my words as a raw piece of judgement. I just don't get
>all the read-between-the-lines of the GPL license, because I've only browsed it
>so far, not read carefully. So will you / are you compelled, under the GPL
>terms, to make the source code of your distro available, for even those who
>haven't bought a license, for example on a server, instead of bundled on the
>recorded medium? (I'm quite happy with Fedora Core 1 / Planet CCRMA, I'm not
>searching for a free sneak!)
>
>For my future experiments, what if I want my piece of software to be released
>opensource, but I don't want other people to make dirty money (all that's
>remaining after sales, packaging, shipment and survival expenses) out of it:
>which license should I choose? Say that this piece of software is to be
>considered as a third-party of hardware devices, and I want anyone but
>concurrent firms stealing that work to be happy with it! I'm on my last year of
>engineering degree, nearly the time to switch to the real world! I like the
>Neuros (http://open.neurosaudio.com/\) way, schematics and software made public;
>but I don't want to be crooked, as I have to make my living too!
>
I have to say (as I sit here and listen to tunes on my new Neuros player) I
really like the Neuros way too. This thing is really nice. I'm planning on
recording one of my band practices live tonight (stereo) using the Neuros and a
little two channel Behringer mixer.
Jan
>Cheers,
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