[linux-audio-dev] initial release of libfst - in-process VST support

Michael Ost most at museresearch.com
Tue Apr 20 17:07:25 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 14:42, Tim Hockin wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 05:29:00PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > Should we maybe organize a letter-writing campaign or something like
> > that to attempt to convince Steinberg to make VST free?
> 
> My understanding was that they would do it, except that the SDK doesn't
> work in g++.
> 
> GMPI will (maybe) obsolete that all, one day.  Until then, a free VST is a
> great answer.

I think that with how Steinberg is operating since their purchase you
won't see them doing anything that doesn't bring in immediate revenue. 

I don't think they really care about owning the VST spec strategically,
but it would be work for them both to decide to make it open and to
distribute it. So I am dubious about that prospect.

- mo




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