[linux-audio-user] Linux Sampler

Josh Lawrence hardbop200 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 09:33:52 EST 2005


> A software patent? Then maybe EU citizens could be exempted from the
> non-commercial restriction (at least until Virgin and friends have
> bought enough MEPs). Not that it would make any practical difference to
> me, I'm not going to write any music that anyone would want to buy any
> time soon.

Right, most people other than my wife will probably never hear
anything I create, but at the same time, using software with any kind
of restrictions on it really bothers me.  This is exactly the reason I
left the Windows world and went to Linux, so that I could have the
peace of mind of using 100% free software.  If I wanted to use
software with sketchy licensing under the table, I'd load a cracked
version of Windows on my box and start surfing the warez sites.  This
is an exaggeration I know, but still - if the software is GPL, then it
should be GPL 100%.

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Josh




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