[linux-audio-dev] Does NI run Traktor FS on Linux through Wine ?

[Steve Harris]

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:06:39 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> But maybe you could answer a question I have regarding the Traktor NML
> format. Is this in some way protected under some kind of "intellectual
> property" of NI? As more and more netlabels like Thinner now also
> provide *.nml files for their releases, I intended to write a small Pd
> external that parses and makes this information available inside of
> Pd. This is easy to do, and I will do it anyway, but I just wonder if
> I could distribute the plugin legally and under the GPL. 

I believe that as you are using the data for interoperability purposes
that you are OK. The DMCA and (now aborted) european thing both allow
that.

- Steve