Re: [LAU] [ANN] dssi-vst 0.5

From: David Baron <d_baron@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Dec 11 2007 - 18:10:49 EET

On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 December 2007 12:50, Ketil Thorgersen wrote:
> > Dos this mean that dssi-vst can now be included in distributions such
> > as 64studio, musix of ubuntustudio?
>
> I think so. dssi-vst was always redistributable; it just wasn't Free
> Software in the Debian sense because it was under a modified version of
> the GPL and not all source was available, so it would have to have
> lived in a non-free repository or equivalent. Whereas if you build the
> new release with the compatibility header, then you get to distribute
> it under the actual GPL.
>
> As always of course you should consult your team of highly paid
> top-flight lawyers rather than take my word for it.
>

If indeed this is legal, then maybe it can go up on the Debian repos as well!
All the other dssi stuff is there.
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