On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:52:12 +0100 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 20:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:05:44PM -0800, J. Liles wrote: > > > > > You're not likely to get any respect from this community unless/until you > > > release your source code under a free/libre license. Who have spent decades > > > and 10's of thousands of hours working on projects that we give away freely > > > and openly, your software is irrelevant and your request for respect is > > > borderline insulting. > > > > If anything is 'borderline insulting' it's IMHO the above. > > > > While I can't imagine any good reason for keeping mixer4 source > > code closed, the only consequence this should (and will) bring > > is the reduced amount of support the author will get from this > > (LAU/LAD) community. It should not be any pretext for ad-hominem > > comments. And don't forget that many on this list are using things > > like Mixbus. Is Harrison 'borderline insulting' as well ? > > +1 > > We are living in a free world. I prefer open source, but if somebody has > what ever reason not to open the source code, I can decide if I'll use > it or not, no need for that noise. It's something that people can get quite heated about :( Personally, I prefer stuff with the source available (just in case) - although I'll probably hardly give it a glance. To persuade me otherwise, an application would have to be really exceptional and quite unique. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
