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

Len Ovens len at ovenwerks.net
Thu Feb 7 08:23:56 UTC 2013


On Thu, February 7, 2013 12:14 am, david wrote:
> On 02/06/2013 10:02 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

>>> Hmmm. Is it just me, or does it sound like VeSTige was
>>> reverse-engineered?
>>
>> It was
>>
>>> Which appears to be forbidden by the VST license?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design
>
> So clean room design begins with reverse-engineering the original.
> Sounds like it violates the VST license terms, since they expressly
> forbid reverse-engineering ...

I think what is being said is that vestige is effectively not VST and
therefore does not need to be licensed.

I am not adding any judgment as to the validity of this :)

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