Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-21 Thread Chris Cannam
On Wednesday 21 Apr 2004 7:40 pm, Paul Davis wrote: > >Am I completely misreading the thing? To me, the spirit of the > > GPL would seem to support that interpretation, i.e. that your > > source code offer must include everything that a normal person > > would otherwise lack in order to build your

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-21 Thread Paul Davis
>Am I completely misreading the thing? To me, the spirit of the GPL >would seem to support that interpretation, i.e. that your source code >offer must include everything that a normal person would otherwise >lack in order to build your program. I believe we can work around this by adding an ex

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-21 Thread Chris Cannam
On Wednesday 21 Apr 2004 5:24 pm, Paul Davis wrote: > This is an error on my part. I forgot that libwinelib.c was covered > by an LGPL from the mono crew. The license is a bit complex: > >fst/fst/vstwin.c: GPL (written by torbenh and myself) >fst/fst/.c: LGPL (written by mono but drastica

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-21 Thread Paul Davis
>This is a lovely piece of work. Very impressive. Thanks. We are still looking into some outstanding issues with it. Come learn all about it at ZKM :) >Can you explain the licensing? The library appears at first glance to >contain both original code and (LGPL) code from other authors, the >wh

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-21 Thread Chris Cannam
This is a lovely piece of work. Very impressive. Can you explain the licensing? The library appears at first glance to contain both original code and (LGPL) code from other authors, the whole under a GPL licence. To build and run it requires the VST SDK, but this is licensed incompatibly wi

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-20 Thread Michael Ost
On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 14:42, Tim Hockin wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 05:29:00PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > > Should we maybe organize a letter-writing campaign or something like > > that to attempt to convince Steinberg to make VST free? > > My understanding was that they would do it, exce

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-20 Thread Jens M Andreasen
On mån, 2004-04-19 at 21:58, Paul Davis wrote: > Why is it called FST? > - > > In case you wonder, "fst" stands for FreeST. Imagine saying "VST" with > an odd lisp. > fau ess tee?

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-19 Thread Tim Hockin
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 05:29:00PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > Should we maybe organize a letter-writing campaign or something like > that to attempt to convince Steinberg to make VST free? My understanding was that they would do it, except that the SDK doesn't work in g++. GMPI will (maybe) o

Re: [linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-19 Thread Dave Robillard
On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 15:58, Paul Davis wrote: > To build the library from source, you will need the Steinberg SDK > header files AEffect.h and aeffectx.h. These cannot be redistributed > by us or anyone else. The configure script will tell you where to get > them. The registration process with Ste

[linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

2004-04-19 Thread Paul Davis
Torben Hohn and I are pleased to release an initial version of libfst, a small GPL'ed C library that provides support for using win32/x86 VST plugins (FX and VST/i) within native Linux applications, with the assistance of the Wine project's libwine. =