On 11/25/2012 04:51 PM, J. Liles wrote:
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Grekim <grekimj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Sorry it was taken in an insulting way. I have a lot of respect for
what you guys have done and do. I would gladly pay (you) for software
that is relevant to me.
I don't think the code is a mess at all. It runs very efficiently...I
had to master an 18 minute track and it did the processing and file
creating in around 20 seconds. Sure, I could break things off into
more functions and name variables more descriptively.
I know it will not make money, but some of the effects, however, may be
sellable as AU or VST plug-ins. Still, I'd rather just focus on Linux
development.
If my software is irrelevant than no one should care about the source
code, no?
If your feelings are pretty much the general feeling here then I will
go.
Grekim
My desire isn't that you leave, it's that you become a part of the
community by sharing your code. People are offering you expert advice
in this thread, but you offer nothing to the community in return. Your
binary is nothing; it's ephemeral, it's an artifact of the code you
keep hidden . There is no future in your closed-source software. People
don't want to invest their time in working with a tool they they aren't
allowed to understand or fix when it breaks. You may appear willing to
fix/improve it now, but how long will that last? When you accept advice
or request feedback without sharing your code, you come off as a
parasite--and I'm tired of hearing about this software (much as I'm
tired of hearing about mixbus, reaper, etc.)
Certainly, there are people on this list who do not really care about
freedom, but there are practical concerns as well as philosophical
ones--freeware does not inspire confidence.
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Indeed that is alluring, that your code can live on long after you do
:) That is the selfish side of things. The unselfish side is, of
course, that we all share and benefit from each other and code
potentially moves along at a faster pace.
I do not so much fear sharing with the community here, but it's the
"outside" world that can freely steel your code that bothers me, and in
some cases it really is a formula you might be giving away.
I will give open-source some serious consideration and it honestly may
not happen for awhile. In the meantime, I will refrain from making any
further announcements or leaving any impression of promoting my work.
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