On Tuesday 27 Feb 2007 13:34, Michael Bohle wrote:
> This is partly a self made problem: to release VST aware software
> under GPL is a kick against the users, against the musicans who want
> to use Linux as a all in one OS solution.
>
> Thats why Chris Cannam decided to release dssi-vst under a lesser
> GPL.
No, it isn't. I released dssi-vst under a cut-down GPL because the
Steinberg license prevented me from releasing it under the normal GPL.
> To make the Steinberg VST-SDK licencing issues responsible for this,
> is not the fine art of politics. The main problem is the restrictive
> GPL.
I find it fascinating that someone who appears to be involved with the
development of a Linux distribution should give so little credit to the
GPL as one of the reasons they are able to do so in the first place.
Chris
Received on Tue Feb 27 20:15:04 2007
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