8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
8:32 a.m.
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 07:28 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
Florian Schmidt wrote:
A software patent? Then maybe EU citizens could be exempted from the
non-commercial restriction (at least until Virgin and friends have
bought enough MEPs). Not that it would make any practical difference to
me, I'm not going to write any music that anyone would want to buy any
time soon.
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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. 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.