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On 11/25/2012 04:51 PM, J. Liles wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Grekim <span
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Sorry it was taken in an insulting way. I have a lot of respect for
what you guys have done and do. I would gladly pay (you) for software
that is relevant to me. <br>
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I don't think the code is a mess at all. It runs very efficiently...I
had to master an 18 minute track and it did the processing and file
creating in around 20 seconds. Sure, I could break things off into
more functions and name variables more descriptively. <br>
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I know it will not make money, but some of the effects, however, may be
sellable as AU or VST plug-ins. Still, I'd rather just focus on Linux
development. <br>
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If my software is irrelevant than no one should care about the source
code, no? <br>
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If your feelings are pretty much the general feeling here then I will
go.<br>
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Grekim <br>
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My desire isn't that you leave, it's that you become a part of the
community by sharing your code. People are offering you expert advice
in this thread, but you offer nothing to the community in return. Your
binary is nothing; it's ephemeral, it's an artifact of the code you
keep hidden . There is no future in your closed-source software. People
don't want to invest their time in working with a tool they they aren't
allowed to understand or fix when it breaks. You may appear willing to
fix/improve it now, but how long will that last? When you accept advice
or request feedback without sharing your code, you come off as a
parasite--and I'm tired of hearing about this software (much as I'm
tired of hearing about mixbus, reaper, etc.)<br>
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Certainly, there are people on this list who do not really care about
freedom, but there are practical concerns as well as philosophical
ones--freeware does not inspire confidence.<br>
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Indeed that is alluring, that your code can live on long after you do
:) That is the selfish side of things. The unselfish side is, of
course, that we all share and benefit from each other and code
potentially moves along at a faster pace. <br>
I do not so much fear sharing with the community here, but it's the
"outside" world that can freely steel your code that bothers me, and in
some cases it really is a formula you might be giving away. <br>
I will give open-source some serious consideration and it honestly may
not happen for awhile. In the meantime, I will refrain from making any
further announcements or leaving any impression of promoting my work.
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