Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] default_path SFZ

[rosea.grammostola <ros...@gm...>]

On 5/19/20 11:56 PM, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> Sure! SFZ is a very simple text based format. Hurdles are not high to start
> some new player based on it. The actual challenge is to bring a new player to
> a certain point and then still keeping development activity high.
Sure.
>
>> The exception on the GPL license for Linuxsampler doesn't help here
>> probably. I'm sure you've debated this many times, which is not my
>> intention. But from a practical point of view, I could see how a pure
>> GPL license could help Linuxsampler here. People are probably more
>> willing to work on the project instead of starting a new project (sfizz).
> libgig, libakai, libsf2, liblscp, QSampler, Gigedit, Fantasia are all pure GPL
> or even LGPL. People could contribute directly to those, they could have used
> them for other projects, forked them and lead them into other directions
> according to their own ideas. But: no activity difference to LS at all.

It's not that pure GPL is a guarantee for contributions, but people do 
mention the license of Linuxsampler now and then when discussing SFZ 
developments as a reason to look further. It's definitely a issue for some.

The developer of Sfizz did mention the license of Linuxsampler too, but 
he also wanted to start from scratch because he didn't feel ready yet to 
contribute to a larger project like Linuxsampler. Maybe in future, who 
knows. But that would be more likely if Linuxsampler would be full GPL I 
think.


>
> Likewise if you look at other Linux audio projects beyond a certain maturity
> level: almost no activity anymore nowadays. Most of the time it's like this:
> somebody starts a new project, there's activity for some time, and then after
> a certain point it stops. Many great LAD projects suffered this death (e.g.
> Rezound).

Latest commit 6 days ago ;)

https://github.com/ddurham2/rezound

At least the LAU mailinglist is far more quiet then years ago, (not sure 
what I should conclude from this yet). On the other hand, projects like 
Ardour, Muse, Non-session-manager, Zynaddsubfx, Radium, Qtractor etc. 
are still pretty active in development these days.