On Tuesday 27 Feb 2007 13:34, Michael Bohle wrote: > This is partly a self made problem: to release VST aware software > under GPL is a kick against the users, against the musicans who want > to use Linux as a all in one OS solution. > > Thats why Chris Cannam decided to release dssi-vst under a lesser > GPL. No, it isn't. I released dssi-vst under a cut-down GPL because the Steinberg license prevented me from releasing it under the normal GPL. > To make the Steinberg VST-SDK licencing issues responsible for this, > is not the fine art of politics. The main problem is the restrictive > GPL. I find it fascinating that someone who appears to be involved with the development of a Linux distribution should give so little credit to the GPL as one of the reasons they are able to do so in the first place. Chris
