[LAU] looking for command-line/scriptable mastering software

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Sun Nov 25 20:52:12 UTC 2012


On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 20:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:05:44PM -0800, J. Liles wrote:
> 
> > You're not likely to get any respect from this community unless/until you
> > release your source code under a free/libre license. Who have spent decades
> > and 10's of thousands of hours working on projects that we give away freely
> > and openly, your software is irrelevant and your request for respect is
> > borderline insulting.
> 
> If anything is 'borderline insulting' it's IMHO the above.
> 
> While I can't imagine any good reason for keeping mixer4 source
> code closed, the only consequence this should (and will) bring
> is the reduced amount of support the author will get from this
> (LAU/LAD) community. It should not be any pretext for ad-hominem
> comments. And don't forget that many on this list are using things
> like Mixbus. Is Harrison 'borderline insulting' as well ?

+1

We are living in a free world. I prefer open source, but if somebody has
what ever reason not to open the source code, I can decide if I'll use
it or not, no need for that noise.





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