7 Feb
2013
7 Feb
'13
6:25 p.m.
> > when you give someone else a GPL'ed
application, you must be able (and
> > willing) to give them all the source code required to build the app
> > themselves. you cannot (legally) do that if the source includes the
> > steinberg VST SDK. ergo, you cannot distribute a binary that was built
> > using
> > the VST SDK.
Wait, I'm curious. I missed that you said "you cannot distribute a
binary that was built using the VST SDK". You mean if the plug-in is
under GPL, not in general, right?
those of us using the GPL generally do so for fairly
clear reasons. we're
not likely to throw it away just because ... steinberg.
I think I gave a better reason than "steinberg", but fair enough-- I
understand why some people would want to keep corporate hooks as far
away from Linux as possible.
-Louis