On Tuesday, June 28, 2016 23:32:34 Robin Gareus wrote: > On 06/28/2016 10:20 PM, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > > You know the terms under which LinuxSampler is released, its > > clearly and prominently written on the website > > Sadly no, those terms as self contradictory and hence invalid. > One can only assume or guess your intentions. > > You're on the safe side: Any just court would uphold your (C) claim and > clearly stated intention for no commercial use, but it leaves users out. > > One can assume that you won't be suing users for non-commercial use but > there's no guarantee. It's a status-quo. > > >> So if one were to take the individual source files and re-roll them > >> into a new archive... ?! > > > > Wrong. Neither are all files of LinuxSampler's sources pre-headed > > with a GPL intro text, nor would this action be legitimate. > > Where does this leave files that do have a GPL header? > > say for example > http://svn.linuxsampler.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/linuxsampler/trunk/src/common > /Thread.cpp > > Can I use that in an independent project with vanilla GPLv2? > > COPYING in the source-dir is GPLv2, the README contradicts that. > > I would like to encourage you to properly license LinuxSampler if only > to prevent future threads like this.
You don't need to encourage me. If you are really interested in resolving users' drawbacks of the current license situation, then let me invite *you* to resolve them! CU Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Linuxsampler-devel mailing list Linuxsampler-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel
