20 Dec
2004
20 Dec
'04
10:05 p.m.
On Monday 20 December 2004 06:07 pm, Dave Robillard wrote:
On Mon, 2004-20-12 at 19:59 +0200, Juhana Sadeharju
wrote:
Has anyone even tried convincing the author to open source it? Making a
Ask him. I've dealt with freeware authors for FGFS. You're more likely to get
approval to fork than to get him to change the license. It could happen, but
I wuoldn't hold my breath.
From: Jens
M Andreasen <jens.andreasen(a)chello.se>
Me? No not litle me :) But let us see ... This stuff was formalized in
India a few thousind years ago, so if we google for:
google: raga intonation scale
Then we get:
Modes and Ragas: More Than just a Scale
http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11633/latest/
So why don't we all together write software similar to Scala?
What Scala does? How and for what musicians use it?
The topic sounds similar to Arabic Magams. I have listed some
of them from a book, but I'm not exactly sure how they are used.
I have improvised, though.
Juhana basic tuning app would be really easy, but duplicating
all the things
scala does would take forever.
I mean, it's free of charge, and the source is available - it's not like
he has anything to lose by properly open sourcing it.
If he has issues with control, or people "stealing" scala, just explain
the GPL. Any changes must be published as source, so noone can "steal"
it.
I guess the big hurdle might be the "no commercial" part. Some people
aren't very fond of the idea of other people selling their software.
The bastards. Where do they come off (that's sarcasm)
It sure would be nice to have Scala in Debian (and other distros)
though. Even if it is written in Ada. :)
-DR-
P.S. PLEASE no stupid flames/trolls about open source not mattering or
whatever. Seriously.
Dave, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
I can't do it. You can't do it. I would love to see the unencumbered platform
you envision, but we aren't gonna get there beating our heads against the
wall.