[LAU] DAWs and licensing Was: Symphony of love illusive

Robin Gareus robin at gareus.org
Sun Feb 14 23:31:10 CET 2021


On 2/14/21 9:51 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:
> Regarding some of the advantages of FLOSS, mentioned in this thread, I
> would say that some of them are questionable. A couple were mentioned, but
> mainly long-term support. That proprietary software becomes obsolete. I
> have to say that I find this argument to be unconvincing.

Indeed, however ensuring that development can continue can be crucial.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(software)#Abandonment is a prime
example. When Prof. Smith passed away, so died any means to continue the
software that is still in widespread use.

recently leaned that from https://youtu.be/XGo4PJd1lng?t=976

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robin


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