I agree that this is quite cryptic. I think i've read somewhere that the functionality that's missing has to do with the plugins.
In Ubuntu's repositories there's only a pretty old version of Ardour available. I don't know what the deal is... Pierre 2011/3/18 ailo <[email protected]> > Personally, I find: > > "You can edit the amount in the box below to any amount you wish, If you > are downloading a ready-to-run version, and choose to pay nothing, you > will get one that is missing some handy functionality. Continuing > development, bug fixes and support can only happen if there is money to > support those activities. Please become one of the many downloaders who > help support the future of Ardour! " > > .. to be a bit cryptic. > > So, from my viewpoint it's open for interpretation, until someone proves > there is in fact a difference between a non-paid and a paid version of a > download intended for Mac. > As for Linux, there is no "ready-to-run version" on their site, so I > would assume that is not a part of the deal anyway. > Also, the source can be compiled on any system, even mac. > > The point of the fact is that the program is still in larger parts GPL > (the parts written by Ardour), which means it belongs to the public, so > even one paid download would still become free as soon as the next > person made it available to be downloaded for free. > > > On 03/18/2011 02:24 PM, Pierre Massat wrote: > > "You can edit the amount in the box below to *any* amount you wish, If > you > > are downloading a ready-to-run version, and choose to pay nothing, you > will > > get one that is missing some handy functionality." > > > > (from their website, Download page). > > > > Pierre > > > > 2011/3/18 ailo <[email protected]> > > > >> On 03/18/2011 01:39 PM, Pierre Massat wrote: > >>> They're saying that some functionalities are missing if you don't pay. > >> > >> No functionalities are missing to my knowledge. ' > >> > >> The reason to why there are different licenses is because different > >> people have contributed, as is usually the case with any big open source > >> project. > >> Just look at the Linux kernel. That is a monstrous project, involving > >> all kinds of licenses. > >> > >> To my knowledge, Ardour is not only partly freely available. It's fully > >> freely available. It is almost purely, a GPL based project, like most > >> GNU / Linux open source projects. > >> > >> If you are interested in investigating the meaning of the licenses, I > >> suggest you download the full source of Ardour. > >> Then look up each license for each bit of code to see what they mean. > >> > >> -- > >> ailo > >> > > > > > -- > ailo >
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