On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 21:02 +0000, Folderol wrote: > 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. I can't agree more :). And now I'll stop my noise ;). For drivers we sometimes have no choice. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
