On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:03:14PM +0000, Nathaniel Virgo wrote:
It's a really, really good idea and I hope it
comes into widespread use
eventually. I just have one comment really: IMHO this should definitely be
LGPL not GPL. I don't think there's any reason to exclude non-GPL clients
from linking to the library, and I think that doing so would ultimately have
adverse effects.
LGPL would still protect your code in that any alterations to ladcca itself
would still have to be released under LGPL - it just means that if commercial
companies (or people with inclinations toward non-GPL open source licences)
were ever to start taking an interest in linux audio, their apps would be
able to link to it, and thus interact seamlessly with the pre-existing Free
ones.
Aye, I'm well aware of what the LGPL would mean. That's why I released it
under the GPL :) I'm not sure about this tho. I don't know that there's
any need for it to be LGPL, and certainly not for the moment. IMHO, better
to be safe than sorry where freedom is concerned.
Bob