> Generally, musicians don't give a toss whether something is > free(Opensource) or not (let the flaming begin)
I dont really now what you mean, but I guess most of the people on this list are not musicans then. Open source is a methodology of working, both for users and developers. We've already seen cases when software of closed nature goes unmantained and stops working on later versions, and there were discussions of this kind on the list in such cases. That is why most of us musicans or not, have preference for open source instead of free but closed. Skale Tracker has suffered this before (when it was called Fast Tracker 3) and i think to the day, a lot of people still thinks the project is dead because of that. The same thing happened with Fast Tracker2 or Impulse Tracker, when they went unmantained... it was impossible to continue work on it mainly due to it's closed nature, leaving all the users in the dust, unable to make use of the latest advances in audio world. I dont say Jeffrey Lim or the Triton guys are at fault for this, as they are on their own right. But you cant blame me for warning about a program of this nature. > > Look, spend your effort giving the guy a pat on the back and stop > sh*tting on his efforts to bring a decent music program to the linux > community. He probably knows nothing about binary compatibility! Give > him a hand if you feel it's an issue. > I usually mail the authors when I find some piece of software useful for ME congratulating them. It is not the case with Skale Tracker, Why should I do this? Do you congratulate people on every release you see here announced on this list? In any case, if you wish to know, I do have contact ocasionally with people working on the project. Regarding LADSPA support, my concerns were more regarding to license, and JACK support is hard since jack is upgraded too often, making older apps not working, just to sum to the picture of binary compatibility and closedness. It's not that I think it's bad, it just happens. > Ok, so I'm guessing you have something to do with cheesetracker and > don't like similar programs or something? They are not equivalent. > I am the author of CheeseTracker, however, what I dislike is what happens to programs of closed nature when their authors, being a person or a company, dont take responsability on them anymore. > Given the > encouragement, his venturing into linux territory may spread to these > areas. Saying it's crap because of X,Y and Z will ultimately end up > being bad for the linux musicians community not him (he can spend all > his time accommodating the windows users who really appreciate his > efforts). Wait a moment, I've never said a word that the program is crap, that is purely your interpretation. He is free to do whathever he wishes with it, althought as far as I am concerned, most linux tracker friends I have talked to feel the same way. Most of us went through enough when we couldnt use their favorite apps anymore because they didnt run anymore or became obsolete regarding to new technologies (And i'm not talking just about trackers here), and they dont want that happening again. They have learned that open source software doesnt die until maybe when it gets replaced by something better. So let those who would rather not use closed source software say "Thanks, but no thanks". Juan Linietsky
