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

[Sam Kuper]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 11:49:07PM +0100, Louigi Verona wrote:
> Sure. But this is rare. And FLOSS absolutely doesn't guarantee that
> this will not be the case when software is abandoned. Sure, in theory
> someone can pick it up.

That's an asymptotic difference.

If proprietary software gets truly abandoned without its source code
being released under a libre license, then that's an implacable barrier
to continued development.  It's *impossible* to do it legally, no matter
how much will and skill is available.

If Free Software gets abandoned, then interested developers/packagers
can and sometimes do decide to maintain or extend it.  Is this
guaranteed?  No, of course not.  But is it possible?  Yes.  And does it
happen?  Yes, frequently.

As I say, an asymptotic difference.

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