That should've read VSTGUI in the second half.. (proof reading.. hrm). On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Louis Gorenfeld <louis.gorenfeld@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I understand it correctly, you can compile free VSTs for Linux, you > just can't give away their SDK source code without going through the > form on Steinberg's website (just like with the Mac and Windows > versions). VSTSDK, the (fairly separate) component I had a problem > with, is legitimately open-sourced and Linux-centric improvements can > be made. I'm not seeing a problem here, unless there's something I'm > overlooking (always very possible with me :)) > > -Louis > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine > <alexandre.prokoudine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Simon Wise wrote: >> >>> It is not a technical point about only using free software ... it is a very >>> real copyright issue. VST is owned by Steinberg so unless you are willing to >>> ignore/reject Copyright and IP laws (which would be really problematic >>> regarding your other points about encouraging commercial software on Linux) >>> then you are very limited in how VST can be distributed in Linux. To change >>> that you must convince Steinberg to change the license they offer. A freely >>> distributed program obviously cannot pay Steinberg for every downloaded copy >>> .. so no license .. so the potential user must compile their own version of >>> VST support. >>> >>> See Dave Philips article ... >>> >>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000192 >> >> This is an article from goddamn 2007! :) Long before VeSTige came about. >> >> Alexandre Prokoudine >> http://libregraphicsworld.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
