22 Jun
2010
22 Jun
'10
11:32 p.m.
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Jeff McClintock <jef(a)synthedit.com> wrote:
The PC itself famously became an open platform after
Compaq clean-room
reverse engineered the BIOS. This is considered legal - Someone who has NOT
agreed to the VST SDK license can re-create headers that mirror the function
of the VST SDK. They must do this by examining/debugging a running VST Host,
not by looking at copy of the original SDK.
jeff, its been (partially) done and is called "vestige". whether it
was done with correct attention to legal detail is not entirely clear.