On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 07:38:26 +0100 Massimo Barbieri <massimo@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm pretty sure that today we have so many amazing free software > thanks to this restriction of the GPL license that is there in the > license since 1989. When compared to Windows freeware of the 90s, one difference with Linux software is the level of seriousness and dedication. Because many professionals were supporting the movement and yes, the distribution of source code as well as documentation (when it was not the source code itself). And this principle has spread undoubtedly to musical/audio applications. If I was to write a jackd application I would get to the documentation, but I would also look into some existing applications. It always nice to have working code rather than only examples. So this would be the first real argument for Open Source in Linux audio and music and developing software. Everything you want to know is there, you just have to go for it. For the musician, though, the argument does not hold. Why would a musician choose the Linux platform apart from not having/willing to spend money ? A musician that creates, arranges and mixes music, not a SW guy that makes "sounds on the side" when there is free time from SW tasks. What would make a musician choose Linux ? Cheers. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
