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

[Dave Robillard]

On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 10:28 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> 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. 

So I exxaggerated. :)

But like Bob said, the above link points to a file that clearly says
right in it that it's licensed under the GPL (v2 or later).  There's a
similar link for every other file in LS, provided by the LS people
themselves.

So, if you want a fully GPLed version of CVS LS, just go through and
download every file with those links and you've got it.

-DR-