[linux-audio-dev] Lionstracs / Linux Audio at Musikmesse report

Marek Peteraj marpet at naex.sk
Thu Apr 8 00:59:00 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 00:29, David wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 01:57:32 +0200
> Marek Peteraj <marpet at naex.sk> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > Companies using Linux in musical gear besides Lionstracs: Plugzilla
> > > (a rack that can play VSTs), Muse Receptor (similar concept),
> > > Hartman Neuron (a synth). Unfortunately the others are based on
> > > pretty closed design and most don't even tell you that's based on
> > > Linux. Perhaps their attitude will change
> > > in future.
> > 
> > I just quickly checked their sites, and there's indeed absolutely no
> > mention of using Linux. If they're all indeed using Linux, then it's
> > an obvious breach of the GPL license.
> 
> Maybe not. If no GPL'ed code has been modified, they don't have to
> (re)publish it.

Section 1 - appropriate copyright notice
Section 3 - accompany it with source code when copying/distributing or
make a written offer
Section 2 might apply aswell as i doubt they'd be using vanilla stuff...

Marek




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