Urs Liska <li...@openlilylib.org> writes: > Hi, > > I'm pulling my hair because I don't manage to find a certain term to > use in an abstract. > > We've talked about the issue over and over again, but how do we call > it when using proprietary software prevents us from changing the tools > to work with our data/documents? (Well, actually the same effect that > prevents us to edit LilyPond scores with other programs, although > that's not for license but only for practical reasons).
It's not for "license reasons" with proprietary software either since reading the same file format with a program written from scratch would be perfectly fine. Patents may intervene in strange cases from providing such a program, but copyright generally does. At any rate, I'd use the term "lock-in" for tool-specific formats, usually in the form of "vendor lock-in". There is also the expression "walled garden" but it's more used for things like app stores. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
