[linux-audio-dev] xt2 coming to linux

[Paul Davis]

On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 18:21 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 23:04 +0000, Chris Cannam wrote:
> > Lee Revell:
> > > > Won't help if the code is to be part of a GPL'd 
> > > > application. 
> > > 
> > > The Linux kernel is a GPL'ed application yet Nvidia 
> > > gets away with linking into it.
> > 
> > Quite different.  Anyone can distribute the kernel 
> > without caring about the existence of the nVidia 
> > drivers.  But if an application includes the VSTSDK, it 
> > presumably isn't complete without it. 
> > 
> 
> Maybe the application just has hooks for the VST SDK, and a network
> installer downloads and compiles it on the users machine?  I guess
> Steinberg might consider this a form of distribution.

given that even human downloading requires email requests for help to be
sent to the vst-plugins list, it seems unlikely that a network installer
is going to be feasible. steinberg's ability to maintain a viable,
consistent download point is laughable.

--p