[linux-audio-dev] Re: Behringer

[Dave Robillard]

On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 11:01 +0100, Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
> Open source and freedom of IP for me are moral choices.
> I have no problem with anybody who tries to live or behave
> according to his beliefs. I *do* have a problem with those
> who want to impose their standards onto others that do not
> share the same beliefs. So I will not try to impose my
> choices onto others.

The world would be a pretty awful (well, even more awful) place if noone
ever expressed distaste with someone's actions.

And anyway, it's not like we're trying to force a religion on them or
something.  Open drivers being better is not a "belief", it is a fact
(religious determination of some free software advocates aside).

All this mentioning of "belief" and "church" to degrade open source
people is no better than me calling you and RME Nazis.  Seems to be a
recurring theme that the person who presents the open source position
makes no personal attacks whatsoever, and someone who is okay with
proprietary drivers responds with personal attacks (both suggestively by
you to Marek and directly by Jan to myself).  Let's throw the name
calling aside please.  Anyway...

There are very valid technical reasons why a closed piece of hardware is
a POS from a Linux user's perspective.  We would like to be able to use
RME's hardware to it's full extent.

Is there really anything wrong with sending some polite emails pointing
out the problems and requesting a more open strategy?


-DR-