On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Mark Knecht wrote:
>Let me ask another question in this area. Could someone explain the
> implications of GPL/LGPL WRT proprietary applications that interface to Alsa
> & Jack, along with their incumbent support programs like kaconnect and
> qjackconnect?
Both ALSA (alsa-
> Let me ask another question in this area. Could someone explain the
>implications of GPL/LGPL WRT proprietary applications that interface to Alsa
>& Jack, along with their incumbent support programs like kaconnect and
>qjackconnect?
alsa-lib is LGPL'ed, as is libjack. proprietary software can
l Davis
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>Another difficulty with the GPL its somewhat sketchy legal basis. (OT for
>LAD... Google if you want to know more).
the GPL is a contract freely entered into by the copyright o
>Another difficulty with the GPL its somewhat sketchy legal basis. (OT for
>LAD... Google if you want to know more).
the GPL is a contract freely entered into by the copyright owner and
the licensee. if the contract is held to be invalid, there is no
contract. at that point copyright law denies e
>I do not see how a company could afford to invest in this area, short of
> staying closed-source. Very difficult for them, so no wonder there are few
companies calling Linux developers.
Another difficulty with the GPL its somewhat sketchy legal basis. (OT for
LAD... Google if you want to kn
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> [mailto:linux-audio-dev-admin@;music.columbia.edu]On Behalf Of Paul Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:06 PM
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> > Help me understand what libardour does exactly.
linux-audio-dev-admin@;music.columbia.edu]On Behalf Of Paul Davis
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> Help me understand what libardour does exactly. It may not be the way
the
>code is arranged, but if I take th
> Help me understand what libardour does exactly. It may not be the way the
>code is arranged, but if I take the libardour database and break it into two
>pieces, the audio stuff and the GUI, and I obey the GPL for that code, why
FYI: libardour doesn't contain any GUI code at all, or have any no
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:07, Taybin Rutkin wrote:
> I'm not qualified to answer this, but my working definition is that the
> LGPL specifically allows non-GPL programs to link to them. Since this is
> the main difference from the GPL, I infer that the GPL does not allow
> this.
AFAIK, LGPL allows
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Mark Knecht wrote:
> pieces, the audio stuff and the GUI, and I obey the GPL for that code, why
> does something that I write that links to it have to be GPL'ed? My code is
> my code. Paul's code is his. He's made the interface public. Does the GPL
> license really say that if
umbia.edu]On Behalf Of Taybin
Rutkin
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Company A takes a copy of Ardour and forks it. They do their own GUI from
> scratch, maybe based
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Company A takes a copy of Ardour and forks it. They do their own GUI from
> scratch, maybe based on some product they already have running under OS-X or
> Windows. Since the GUI is 100% theirs they don't put it under CVS. They make
> improvements to the au
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:23:11 +0100, Richard Bown wrote:
> The point is that selling Linux Audio isn't just about Linux Audio -
> it's about selling the whole desktop. It's about letting people know
> that if they want to make music they can just get on and make music.
> People shouldn't h
On Friday 18 October 2002 04:25, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> My opinion is that there is not enough people working on the
> promotional side of ALSA and Linux Audio.
ALSA/LAD is too geeky and too die-hard techno hardcore to appeal to
anyone but geeks. IMHO music geeks are the worst type of geeks a
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