Massimo,
Let me give a go at your questions too.Can you use proprietary software without any limits? Yes. Well, disregarding the limits of the software itself. I cannot use a sound editor to edit videos.
Can you study the source code of a proprietary software? Sometimes. Some proprietary vendors do release their source code. Like, Microsoft. In fact, seeing source code does not make a program non-proprietary. There are open source proprietary packages. Look at the code, study it, but you cannot release modified versions.
Can you modify the proprietary software? Nope. However, neither can I modify open source software. I am not a programmer, therefore theoretical ability to modify, say, my favorite looper Kluppe is quite irrelevant to me. I tried asking developers for help - nobody could do it. Period. For me virtually zero difference. Kluppe might as well had been proprietary.
Can you redistribute proprietary software? Sometimes I can. Depends on the license. Mostly I cannot. I also don't think that I need to redistribute it. I can tell you that FL Studio is a wonderful DAW. You can try it out, if you like it - you can pay money for it and work with it. If you have no money, I don't think that it is my mission to get you FL Studio. I might want to help you and buy a license for you, if I want to help. But I don't think you or anyone else is entitled to a free copy.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:54 PM, jonetsu <jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 14:08:36 +0100
Massimo Barbieri <massimo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can you use proprietary software without any limits? Can you study the
> source code of a proprietary software? Can you modify the proprietary
> software? Can you redistribute proprietary software?
1) Yes.
2) No. I want to make music, not dispute algorithms. When I put my
nose in source code is to get paid, to bring bread and butter to the
table. When I'm, not paid, I like to make music. And biking, and
various fun things.
3) No. See 2).
4) No. I believe people has a right to earn a living.
>> You could very well sell your music made with Open Source software.
>> The FLOSS license should not apply to the products made with the
>> software itself.
> I can assure that I can apply to my music any license I want :-)
Exactly.
> I chose a Creative Commons license Attribution, Share alike
> (CC-BY-SA) and I used this license to publish final mix, single
> recordings tracks and Ardour project that are a sort of "source code"
> of our music. This is my way to say thanks to developers who wrote
> Ardour, Hydrogen, CALF and many others great software ad free
> software.
And there can be a time also when one will want to make money. Why
not ?
Ciao.
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