<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><div></div><div>I agree with Nils 100%. Fons mentions the second fork seems to be changing the license. Both situations are ignorant of the spirit of FOSS in my opinion.</div><div><br></div><div>If you go commercial let me know. I'll buy everything you make !</div><div><br></div><div>g</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my smartphone. <div><br></div></div></div><br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Fons Adriaensen <fons@linuxaudio.org> <br>Date: 19/09/2013 7:16 AM (GMT+10:00) <br>To: Linux Audio Users <linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org>,Linux Audio Developers <linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org> <br>Subject: [LAD] Aeolus <br> <br><br>Hello all,<br><br>It has come to my attention that there are ATM at least two<br>'forks' of Aeolus. The first by the MuseScore team, the second<br>by one Maurizio Gavioli.<br><br>Neither of them even had the decency to let me know of their<br>work, and both are taking Aeolus in a direction I do not<br>approve of. Gavioli has even added his 'copyright' to the<br>sources of the libraries that Aeolus depends on but which<br>are not part of its source distribution. Apparently the<br>intention is to release incompatible versions of those as<br>well.<br><br>If this is typical for the attitude taken by the Linux Audio<br>community then my motivation to contribute to it will take<br>a serious blow. <br><br>As announced previously, there will be a fully reworked<br>release of Aeolus next year (on the occasion of its 10th<br>birthday). Apart from major improvements to the audio code<br>it will be completely OSC controlled. None of this will be<br>compatible with the forks of course, they'll find themselves<br>instantly obsolete. And I will make sure that this sort of<br>thing won't happen again, even if that means a more restrictive<br>license.<br><br>Ciao,<br><br>-- <br>FA<br><br>A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.<br>It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris<br>and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Linux-audio-dev mailing list<br>Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org<br>http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev<br></body>