>If they're unable or unwilling to tell the difference between "free >software" and "software that is written for free" then there's >probably never going to be a linux sdk for their hardware. Its just >too specialised and complex for someone to do it for free, or to >modify anything that's already out there to do the job.
this is a complete mis-statement of the problem. soundart is not a large company by any means. like most companies making pro audio equipment, they exist in a very small niche market and are generally small entities. they have neither the financial nor human resources to put into a linux port. and lets suppose they did so. how many extra units would they actually sell? my guess is less than a dozen or so in a given year. notice that i said "extra". the chameleon doesn't run linux, we're talking about developers who want to work on linux but develop DSP code for the chameleon. thats a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny market. there just isn't any financial justification at this point for a small company with an existing SDK for the most widely used OS in the world to spin off cash, time and/or people to develop a linux SDK, even if they *wanted* to. --p
