On 11/26/2012 07:23 AM, 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 ?
>
Agreed totally, Fons. Freedom includes the freedom to licence your
software how you want and the freedom to choose which software you use.
If you only want to use libre/OSS then you are free to do that.
The negative comment was definitely uncalled for.
Roger
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