7 Jun
2006
7 Jun
'06
11:28 p.m.
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 19:47 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 11:49 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
That's certainly possible. I guess we have no way to know until someone
buys one and gets the sources ;-)
You think there's a chance they used OSS? Do you know of any pro audio
vendors who have done this?
Lee
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 04:50 -0500, Jan Depner
wrote:
But... what if... they didn't use ALSA? It's been known to happen.
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:32 -0400, Lee Revell
wrote:
Closed source applications are perfectly OK. A closed source ALSA
driver violates the GPL.
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 01:08 -0400, Jordan Nash
wrote:
> According to the May 2006 edition of Pro Audio Review (Page 12, Column
> 1, Paragraph 3), the Midas XL8 Digital Console uses Linux: "Like many
> other devices these days, the XL8 is built on a Linux platform, which
> has proven to be both stable and secure, compared to other common
> operating systems."
>
Any idea what audio interface it uses and where the source code can be
downloaded?
> I just thought that it was a bit interesting. Anyone want to take bets
> on how long it will be before DigiDesign switches over? ;-)
>
That would be great, it would require them to open source their drivers.
Why do you assume this? There are plenty of closed-source
applications and drivers running on top of Linux.