On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 21:02 +0000, Folderol wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:52:12 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@email-addr-hidden-dsl.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 20:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:05:44PM -0800, J. Liles wrote:
> > >
> > > > You're not likely to get any respect from this community unless/until you
> > > > release your source code under a free/libre license. Who have spent decades
> > > > and 10's of thousands of hours working on projects that we give away freely
> > > > and openly, your software is irrelevant and your request for respect is
> > > > borderline insulting.
> > >
> > > If anything is 'borderline insulting' it's IMHO the above.
> > >
> > > While I can't imagine any good reason for keeping mixer4 source
> > > code closed, the only consequence this should (and will) bring
> > > is the reduced amount of support the author will get from this
> > > (LAU/LAD) community. It should not be any pretext for ad-hominem
> > > comments. And don't forget that many on this list are using things
> > > like Mixbus. Is Harrison 'borderline insulting' as well ?
> >
> > +1
> >
> > We are living in a free world. I prefer open source, but if somebody has
> > what ever reason not to open the source code, I can decide if I'll use
> > it or not, no need for that noise.
>
> It's something that people can get quite heated about :(
>
> Personally, I prefer stuff with the source available (just in case) - although
> I'll probably hardly give it a glance. To persuade me otherwise, an application
> would have to be really exceptional and quite unique.
I can't agree more :). And now I'll stop my noise ;).
For drivers we sometimes have no choice.
Regards,
Ralf
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