[LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Simon Wise wrote:

> It is not a technical point about only using free software ... it is a very
> real copyright issue. VST is owned by Steinberg so unless you are willing to
> ignore/reject Copyright and IP laws (which would be really problematic
> regarding your other points about encouraging commercial software on Linux)
> then you are very limited in how VST can be distributed in Linux. To change
> that you must convince Steinberg to change the license they offer. A freely
> distributed program obviously cannot pay Steinberg for every downloaded copy
> .. so no license .. so the potential user must compile their own version of
> VST support.
>
> See Dave Philips article ...
>
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000192

This is an article from goddamn 2007! :) Long before VeSTige came about.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org