[LAD] RDF libraries, was Re: [ANN] IR: LV2 Convolution Reverb

[Olivier Guilyardi]

On 02/25/2011 08:57 PM, David Robillard wrote:

>> It's a few months ago now that I investigated LV2. IIRC, at that time I
>> concluded that this wasn't an option because SLV2 was GPL'ed. But things are
>> changing IIUC :)
> 
> You never asked. I would have changed it... but I am not psychic ;)

It's not always easy to discuss about religious matters, such as licenses ;)

That said there is another big problem. This glib dependency, it's way too heavy
for mobile deployment.

> I am planning on making the next release LGPLv3+
> 
>> The thing about Android is that third-party plugins should be rather feasible.
>> There are simple mechanisms which could easily allow a host to discover which
>> plugins are installed on the system. Such plugins could be distributed as
>> standalone packages (APK) on the Android Market.
> 
> I have an android device; I havn't done any hacking for it yet (aside
> from making web UIs intended to be usable on such devices), but would
> very much like to see LV2 working there. Mobile is where all the action
> is...

Yes, and tablets opens many perspectives for audio.

--
  Olivier