[linux-audio-user] Linux Sampler

Allan Wind allan_wind at lifeintegrity.com
Wed Dec 7 19:05:54 EST 2005


On 2005-12-08T00:01:14+0100, Lars Luthman wrote:
>   LinuxSampler is licensed under the GNU GPL license with the exception 
>   that COMMERCIAL USE of the souce code, libraries and applications is
>   NOT ALLOWED without prior written permission by the LinuxSampler 
>   authors. If you have questions on the subject please contact us.
> 
> This is pretty nasty - if I interpret it correctly, it means that
> LinuxSampler is no longer free software (at least not as defined by the
> FSF, http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ) and not even freeware,
> since a producer making commercial music would have to pay to use it.

Yep.  Alternatives?


/Allan



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