frank pirrone wrote: > Nobody said it better than Newton in his comment about seeing further by > standing upon the shoulders of giants. LOL, we are NOT the giants in > that metaphor...well, actually we are but modesty, if not reality, > compels me to reject any such characterization. > > I mean, this is the essence of what was always the academic way, and the > scientific way, and the philosophical way...before the Age of > Intellectual Property, Copyrights, and Patents. Knowledge built upon > freely shared prior knowledge, and tools inspiring the creation of > greater tools. > > We hoped others might build upon our music and anticipated the delight > at hearing a remix, or someone substituting their soaring vocals or > guitar for my humble efforts. It never happened, but I can't think of a > greater "reward" for what we did should it ever. > > So, think of it as a kit that you can Freely give to anyone who is > interested, and who can in turn Freely pass it on, inside which are ALL > the parts needed to first do everything we did but more importantly to > start at that point and do something we never imagined. There is at least one difference. Scientists get payed for their job/work by the university. Who's gonna pay the musician who is making a cd (and is not an live musician)? Playing the advocate of the devil here... \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
