Yvan, I appreciate your contribution. Luis
On Nov 28, 2007 3:44 PM, Yvan Vander Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luis de Bethencourt wrote: > > If you say it is so close to gpl... Why don't they license it gpl or > > any other known license with a foundation behind? > > > > When a linuxsampler developer gives me a valid purpose I will start > > agreeing with them. Or they license it gpl or any other free license > > for that matter, we will ship it by default. > > > > For now, they have their own license, which is never cool. And that > > license has ambiguos terms as you mention, that can be taken to be > > very free or dictatorship. As a contributor to a distro that deploys > > software to a _LOT_ of people. I can't take the risk of > > misinterpreting a license, and breaking it, or even worse, making the > > users break it. > > > > Not talking about you, Yvan, but most end users don't care about > > licenses. So we have to care for us and for them. Sadly enough, free > > software development isn't excempt of a lot of legal issues (which are > > boring and tedious). > > > I agree. It is a sound reason to refuse software if it's not GPL. I was > only worried because I thought there was a misinterpretation, and a > judgment made for the wrong reasons could polarize people. As a final > point I'd like to mention i don't use samplers myself. So it doesn't > have anything to do with my personal preferences. > > > Regards, > > yvan > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > -- Luis de Bethencourt Guimerá luisbg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: B0ED1326 -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
