[LAU] looking for command-line/scriptable mastering software

[Folderol]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:52:12 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 20:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:05:44PM -0800, J. Liles wrote:
> > 
> > > You're not likely to get any respect from this community unless/until you
> > > release your source code under a free/libre license. Who have spent decades
> > > and 10's of thousands of hours working on projects that we give away freely
> > > and openly, your software is irrelevant and your request for respect is
> > > borderline insulting.
> > 
> > If anything is 'borderline insulting' it's IMHO the above.
> > 
> > While I can't imagine any good reason for keeping mixer4 source
> > code closed, the only consequence this should (and will) bring
> > is the reduced amount of support the author will get from this
> > (LAU/LAD) community. It should not be any pretext for ad-hominem
> > comments. And don't forget that many on this list are using things
> > like Mixbus. Is Harrison 'borderline insulting' as well ?
> 
> +1
> 
> We are living in a free world. I prefer open source, but if somebody has
> what ever reason not to open the source code, I can decide if I'll use
> it or not, no need for that noise.

It's something that people can get quite heated about :(

Personally, I prefer stuff with the source available (just in case) - although
I'll probably hardly give it a glance. To persuade me otherwise, an application
would have to be really exceptional and quite unique.

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