8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
8:11 a.m.
Florian Schmidt wrote:
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:34:43 -0500
Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
IANAL but I'll take a guess that there's a patent encumbrance issue. If
I recall correctly the Giga folks own a patent on streaming audio to a
sampler, and if the wording on that patent is sufficiently broad then
there may indeed be a legal issue with LS's technology, regardless
whether they actually broach the Giga patent. I welcome correction on
the patent surmise, if I'm wrong about it.
Btw, are there clones of GS in the Win/Mac world ? If not, I'm sure it
would be easy to discover why.
Well, you can always just use GS in Windows. That way you can be
absolutely sure that you're dancing with the devil. ;)
Best,
dp
there is more going on there than almost nobody on
this list except for
the LS authors and myself is aware of. it would be wise for everyone to
not judge this admittedly very unpleasant change in the license without
being aware of the reasons why it occured. unfortunately, it is not
possible to explain any more.
[snip]
This "Ah it's all ok, but we can't tell you why" doesn't sound
convincing at all. Sorry.