[linux-audio-dev] Bye list...

[Jeff Welty]

Nick,

I do hope you will reconsider -- I occasionally post to this list,
and lurk *a lot*.  I don't consider myself an audio guru -- I'm
definitely *way* outclassed here when it comes to low-latency, kernel
specific knowledge.  Never the less, I wrote gnome wave cleaner, and it 
got significantly better with just a few tips that the gurus here gave me.

As for the GPL, yes, it's possible for someone to re-release your code 
with changes.  But I'll bet it's not likely.  Most people are more 
interested in trying to help you out, and will send you patches for 
bugfixes, or will send you a new feature.  The most likely time that 
someone would take "ownership", of a modified version of your package, 
is if you stopped supporting it.

The way I look at it, I have benefited from so much free software, that 
it's been a source of personal satisfaction to be able to "give back". 
This is clearly a case where the whole is greater than the sum of the 
parts, and I really urge you to hang in there with us, if nothing else, 
for the fun of it :-)

Jeff Welty

Nick wrote:
> For something different I read this:
> 
> (this list).. " Home page for the low-latency hard-realtime audio application gurus. The LAD group also develops API standards to promote interoperability between audio application .. "
> 
> oops, I thought you were a bunch of hobbyist like me. I didn't realize
> this was for such serious talk.
> 
> I'll leave this list be from here out, but thanks for your pointers and
> helping me get started.
> 
> The thing is I am disabled, I sit at home all day, and program. I just
> want to be a part of something, share, and make a difference. My social
> security is pending. I will most likely not be able to work, but you
> never know, I may get better again. Anything is possible. So I need
> something to do while I am home all day, can't go out, have no means,
> have nobody to communicate with.. so that's my life, and I was happy to
> meet some people and talk about things I enjoyed doing.
> 
> I think GNU license is fine, I am in compliance with it, and there is no
> reason for me not to use it or be a part of it. Whatever I release as
> GNU you may feel free to use under the GPL as it specifies. The GPL does
> not say you must release your modifications, it only says you must
> release them if you distribute a binary of the code. You may keep your
> modifications private provided you do not give the binary to another
> user (The GPL protects the user by ensuring the source is always
> available).This was my only real concern, because if someone releases a
> modified version, I want to ensure that it was not my changes associated
> with my project if a problem arises from it.
> 
> See, I did read it a few times :)
> 
> Appreciate your help list good bye I'll come back when I'm a guru too.
> 
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