On Sun, 2016-02-07 at 22:47 -0500, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > Phil, > > Thanks for clarification. Your concerns are really a duplicate of ht > tps://github.com/LMMS/lmms.io/issues/54. > > Please feel free to chime in there. >
Ahh... too late: already submitted a new issue. Feel free to merge it or close as duplicate as it makes sense. > In short, no one has really touched our LSP code in quite some time > and unless you know someone eager to work with our codebase, it won't > happen any time soon. > Fair enough... I was just surprised to see it (mainly since I didn't remember what the CPL was and generally keep up on such stuff) > These undesired licenses should be hidden from selection and only > offered as backwards compatibility to honor historical data. > > Each song, sample, preset, theme on our LSP is copyright of the > submitter and the lmms-devs can't change bad decisions without > contacting each contributor (hard to do, since user names on our LSPs > don't even have registered email addresses). The LSP is a great > concept, but to be taken as a serious collaborative platform it needs > a lot of work. This issue you've mentioned is one of many issues > with the LSP, and we need help with it. We're short on c++ > developers, so the website stuff takes a back seat to that. Sorry if > that sounds grim, but we're always open to help. :) > No biggie... I just figured I'd ask about it since I noticed it before I forgot. Not a high priority issue. W.R.T. c++ developers, I had offered a while back to try to help out with a couple of things but then I got sick and when I came back the mailing list had largely gone silent. Was waiting to see what was finally decided re: the plan for 1.2/2.0... (issues only give the tactical view, what's the big picture plan?) > -Tres > > - [email protected] > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Phil (list) <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Tres, > > > > On Sun, 2016-02-07 at 21:31 -0500, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > > > There's not much left from the original site... probably wasn't > > > handled/changed when we converted from sourceforge. > > > This conversation is best done as a dedicated lmms.io repo bug > > report > > > with the relevant files linked so we can investigate their > > history, > > > seek permission (prob from @tobydox if needed) and also discuss a > > > more permissive/permanent license. > > > > I'll file a bug as you suggest. > > > > > That said, the public should have little or no use with any of > > the > > > lmms.io website code... It's quite simple and specific. To make > > it > > > something more reusable, and to be consistent with the software > > > license, we'd be happy to do what it takes to make it better. > > > > It's not website code I'm referring to, it's the license > > designation > > for LMMS related files being posted to it such as: https://lmms.io/ > > lsp/ > > ?action=show&file=7972 > > > > Thanks, > > Phil > > > > > -Tres > > > On Feb 7, 2016 9:15 PM, "Phil (list)" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I was poking around the lmms.io web site and ran across some > > files > > > > that > > > > were being distributed under a Common Public License. That was > > a > > > > new > > > > one to me so I did some poking around and now that I understand > > > > what it > > > > is (I think... as I didn't see a link to the definition or > > license > > > > on > > > > the site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Public_License) > > So > > > > now > > > > I'm wondering... why was this license chosen for use on the > > site? > > > > Based on a quick bit of reading it's incompatible with the > > GPL, > > > > deprecated by it's creators, and not in the mainstream of > > creative > > > > licenses I've seen used. Just wondering why... > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > > ------------- > > > > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application > > > > Performance > > > > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just > > $35/Month > > > > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions > > now > > > > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup > > Now! > > > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/414 > > 0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LMMS-devel mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
