Ok. thanks for the info. Toine
Luis de Bethencourt a écrit : > Ttoine, > > The situation is not the same as MySQL or QT. I've contacted the > linuxsampler main developer and he's closing it this way because other > programs use linuxsampler not as a library but through sockets. > > Anyway, I will try to share some ideas of how to fix this with him. > > Luis de Bethencourt > > On Nov 29, 2007 9:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I agree with Cory. >> >> However, think that you can compare this discussion with the licence of >> Mysql, wich is GPL if the application is non commercial or GPL, and they >> have a possibility to make a commercial licence for closed source >> software using their librairies. It is quite the same problematic, and >> ofr what I know, mysql is in Ubuntu (for lamp servers) >> >> So waiting for a statement of linuxsampler team is a good thing, but >> imho we can package and distribute linuxsampler in Ubuntu. >> >> Toine >> >> >> >> Yvan Vander Sanden a écrit : >> >> >>> 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 >> >> > > > > -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
