Totally agree with Jonetsu here.
Saying that free software is cool because you can look at the code is a bit like saying thatbillion years.
"I find the proprietary world a PITA of dongles, cracks download sites and talkative installers"
Cracks download sites? Maybe it is time to actually pay the developers for their software and
not just crack it? A lot of PITA goes away after that!
"I prefer to talk to the coding team through a bugtracker than to "contact technical services".
I agree it is a great thing. However, not always. Sometimes developers will like you in turn
and fulfill you requests. Some will tell you to go and "fix the code". How's that for focus on
music?
Whereas many tech services of proprietary programs will really help you solve the problem.
Alas, you have to buy the software first, not use cracks download sites!
In my view, both worlds offer complementary things. I use both proprietary packages and
FLOSS. There is no FLStudio on Linux, but then there is no JACK-like environment with
the apps I need, like kluppe or din. So, I use both.
I am now working on the article heavily criticizing Stallman's free software philosophy. On
closer inspection many of his arguments are weak. But his ideas are rarely challenged and
are usually taken for granted.
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 10:58 PM, jonetsu <jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2016 21:32:14 +0000
Yassin Philip <philcm@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://libremusicproduction.com/articles/lmp-asks-21- interview-yassin-philip
> It was a bit weird remembering all those things. Thanks to everyone
> of you, and let's keep rocking it :)
Excerpt:
"Why do you feel open source is important, and what for you is the most
important aspect of Linux audio?
Because I just don't trust proprietary code. Call me paranoid, but in
reality I'm just lazy :) I like to know that somebody, somewhere, and
preferably me, has read the code that I execute. But this is only one
reason. I find the proprietary world a PITA of dongles, cracks download
sites and talkative installers. I prefer to talk to the coding team
through a bugtracker than to "contact technical services". I want to
re-install a studio machine in one command that will pull everything I
need ; I want to spend more time doing just music.
It's basic hygiene. I use FLOSS, I write FLOSS code, and that's it."
Like dental floss. Basic. A bit of dissension, though -
The arguments for the use are not very strong, IMHO. Nobody reads
the code of Ardour before using it. Did you ? How much time not
making music ? And if you don't agree with a function, then stop using
Ardour ? Of course not.
So if the goal is to spend more time doing music, then reading the code
to all the software is out of the question.
Proprietary world is not a world of dongles. What about trust ? I
trust very much the stability and performance of all u-he products. I
trust the dedication of the people developing Bitwig. I trust the
people making Renoise and Redux, two very stable and creative
products. I trust Harrison when they add to Ardour. So on so forth.
But then, maybe this LibreMusicProduction outlet is one in which a bit
of propaganda is simply a matter of fact, and the mention of
proprietary products running on Linux is only found in the commentaries.
Cheers.
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