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, except that the SDK doesn't > work in g++. > > GMPI will (maybe) obsolete that all, one day. Until then, a free VST is a > great answer.
I think that with how Steinberg is operating since their purchase you won't see them doing anything that doesn't bring in immediate revenue. I don't think they really care about owning the VST spec strategically, but it would be work for them both to decide to make it open and to distribute it. So I am dubious about that prospect. - mo
