Hello all, Today I got an email of a user asking me to help him make a plugin called 'zitaretuner' work. I never wrote such a plugin, and I didn't even know it existed. So I can't help this user. Of course this made me curious, and I managed to get a copy of the source code of this lv2 plugin. And I wasn't very amused. As expected it's based on zita-at1, and again a complete disaster. The DSP code of zita-at1 is written as a neat self-contained C++ class with a very clean interface, and this is done explicitly to make it re-usable. But instead of re-using it, the author of the plugin decided to rewrite it in C, and combine it in the same source file with parts of libzitaresampler (instead of using that as a library as it is meant to), and with whatever is required to turn it into an lv2. The whole thing is just a single source file. The same author (who is know only as 'jg') didn't bother to add a decent GUI, relying on the plugin host to create one. That means for example that the note selection buttons (which also double as 'current note' indicators in zita-at1), are replaced by faders. Only $GOD knows what they are supposed to control. And as a final topping on the cake, that whole crappy thing is presented as if I were the author of it all. No mention at all that things have been modified, and by whom or why. This alone is a clear violation of the license under which zita-at1 was released. And whoever did it doesn't even have the courage to identify him/herself. I've complained about this sort of thing before, and this time I'm really pissed. So let one thing be clear: I will never again release any code under a license that allows this sort of thing to happen. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
