[linux-audio-dev] fst, VST 2.0, kontakt

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 15:51 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 20:33 +0100, Bob Ham wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 23:53 +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> > > Dave Robillard wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 17:43 +0200, Luis Garrido wrote:
> > > >>> LinuxSampler is not free software or open source software.
> > > >>>
> > > >> (sigh, must we, really?)
> > > >>
> > > >> It depends on who you choose to side with.
> > > 
> > > It's just using a modified GPL License which isn't clearly labelled as 
> > > such. 
> > 
> > According to this URL
> > 
> > http://cvs.linuxsampler.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxsampler/src/Sampler.cpp?rev=1.28&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
> > 
> > I have permission to use that particular file under the GPL, or (at my
> > option) any later version.  Looking through a few other files and I see
> > I have the same permissions for those.  Seems to be open source *and*
> > free software *and* released under the GPL *and* free-as-in-beer. 
> > 
> > *shrug*
> 
> Definitely, at the end of the day there is no way in hell their
> "exception" would hold up in court, since they basically just mention it
> in passing on the web page.

Nope, it is (or at least was the last time I checked) mentioned in the,
I think, README file in the tarballs, up to and including 0.3.3. 

-- Fernando