In this context it's seems a little ridiculous that the MMA is requiring
members of the mailing list to sign on with $450.
The MMA is a trade association, akin to a standards body like the AES. Do
you also object to the fact that AES, IEEE, etc, charge membership dues, and
that they too hold
[2] Design. This will be open to MMA members only. If you want the legal
protection that the MMA provides, and you want somebody else to pay for
stewardship of the spec, then it's worth joining. Even some open-source
developers sell products, and those who do will recoup their cost after
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 11:30:45AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMO the *worst* possible scenario is that the commercial companies (many of
whom are a one man show) decide that they want to join the MMA, while a
sizeable group of others decide to persue a parallel effort. That gives us
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Subject: [linux-audio-dev] RE: MMA memebership [was XAP: Some thoughts on
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In this context it's seems a little ridiculous that the MMA is requiring
members
I totaly disagree here: if Steinberg + MOTU + Cakewalk + Emagic + Plugins
developpers joind hands and decide to use a common standard I see very
little need in marketing and legal work.
antitrust. see below.
I think the problems are more
political than
