>________________________________ > From: Marco Donnarumma <de...@thesaddj.com> >To: pd-list@iem.at >Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 8:48 AM >Subject: [PD] porting a Pd patch to Max license issues > > >hey folks, > > >I'm not going to port anything to Max, but someone expressed interest in >porting the Xth Sense in Max. > > >Now, apart from my personal view about this, which is a diplomatic "I'd rather >not, thanks. Port the patch you need to Pd instead". > > >what are the license issues here? >The XS framework in Pd will be GPL. >Can a Max software be GPL? What about copyleft then?
Contact the FSF: www.fsf.org/ They will be able to give you the most definitive answer (though you might need to explain to them concepts like "abstraction" and what Pd and Max are). -Jonathan > > >I found this but it's not clear. and I thought there could not be GPL software >written in Max because the interpreter is closed-source. > >http://www.cycling74.com/forums/topic.php?id=1139 > > > >and this is nothing new but good and clear resource: >http://www.blogherald.com/2009/07/07/the-basics-of-the-gpl/ > > > >thoughts, previous cases? > > > >thanks, > >-- >Marco Donnarumma >New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. >ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing) >The University of Edinburgh, UK >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com/ >Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/ | http://www.thesaddj.com/ | http://www.flxer.net/ >Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net/ > >_______________________________________________ >Pd-list@iem.at mailing list >UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
