Re: [Audacity-devel] VST SDK files
A free multi-track audio editor and recorder
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From: Dominic M. <do...@mi...> - 2003-08-06 17:13:43
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Markus, You're welcome to try! Tony might want to help, too - he's also in Germany and a big fan of VST. The one reason I'm skeptical is that Audacity is getting good enough that it could start to take away Steinberg's business directly - some people may skip out on buying Cubasis if they could do simple multitrack recording for free. Unfortunately the headers aren't enough - the VST interface is designed so that you have to include entire source files in your code and subclass them. So we'd need the entire SDK to be GPL-compatible. Perhaps a BSD-style license would make the most sense to them - it's free for anyone to redistribute and modify, but they have to be accurate and fair with the copyright statement. Their clause that you can't use the VST logo without their permission is fine; that's probably the important part to them. - Dominic On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 09:33 AM, Markus Meyer wrote: > Dominic, > > what parts are we using exactly from the Steinberg SDK? Is it just = some > header files? How many lines of code is this exactly? > > I'm asking because I live in Germany and may be able to write a letter > or phone someone at Steinberg. I could even meet someone at their =20 > office > next time I'm in Hamburg ;-) > > I think that companies like Steinberg often are not even aware about =20= > the > implications of their licenses for free software (heck, they often =20 > don't > know there is free software all). > > Maybe we have luck and they can dual-license at least the headers = under > the GPL license, if we get them to see that the GPL'd headers would = not > be used f.e. by competitors (because no one wants they 'viral' effect, > anyway), or they can make a special exception for free software. > > Btw, =A76, =A77 and partly =A710 of their license are invalid under = German =20 > Law > anyway afaik. > > > Markus > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/=20 > direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Audacity-devel mailing list > Aud...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel |