Re: [LAU] Fons could you make us an Hammond ;)

Garry Ogle wrote:
> Julien Claassen wrote:
>> You're right. But a couple of us have tried and it didn't work. We might do a
>> kind of a petition and send him a kind plea with the petitioners names attached.
>> Might that help? I've heard it, it sounds great. Kindest regards Julien
>>
>
> Hi, Julien. Did you succeed in contacting this guy and he refused? Or couldn't you
> make contact? When was that?
>
> I love the sounds on his samples! You can have my name on that petition!

His license includes a reason it's not open source:

> 1. LICENSE - PLEASE READ
>
> YOU MAY FREELY DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL A COPY OF THE SOFTWARE FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE.
> YOU MAY NOT BUNDLE, RENAME, SELL, REDISTRIBUTE, REPACKAGE OR IN ANY OTHER WAY ALTER
> WHOLE OR PART OF THE SOFTWARE AND ITS DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PRIOR, EXPRESS AND
> WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR.
>
> The purpose of this rather restrictive license is simple: I do not want multiple
> versions splitting off with my name in them when the program is still under
> development. If you feel that you would like to make a serious contribution to the
> project, please contact me.

Note the last sentence. It sounds like he'd be more open to community development
than forking his code.

-Scott
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Received on Tue May 12 08:15:01 2009