[LAU] VST and legal issues

[Rui Nuno Capela]

David Baron wrote:
> On Sunday 23 November 2008 15:08:51 Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't get the licence issue of VST on linux completely, help me out
>> with this.
>>
>>
>> - Building Ardour, Qtractor, LMMS with VST-support is illegal, right?
> Building is OK for your own use. You cannot distribute the versions to anyone 
> else. The ardour build config program tells you this explicitly. I believ the 
> qtractor and LMMS use the dssi-vst versions of the headers so do not need a 
> copy of the VST SDK to build. See beloe.

No. Qtractor needs a copy of the original VST-SDK headers to build
alright. The LMMS so-called vestige ones doesn't have all the needed
source features. And I still have my doubts (see my other reply in this
thread)

>> - And energyxt? Are they allowed to use VST technology?
> I believe they pay for the privilege and you pay for their program.
>> - Installing JOST and using it, is illegal right?
> For your own use, I believe no problem.
>> - And FST and vst-dssi?
> For your own use. Recent vst-dssi have their own version of the header files 
> which is hopefully legal and do not need Steinberg's. I am not sure of the 
> real legal situation with this.

yeah. hopefully :)

cheers
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