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On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:52:12 +0100

Ralf Mardorf  wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 20:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:

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> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:05:44PM -0800, J. Liles wrote:

> >

> > > You're not likely to get any respect from this community unless/until you

> > > release your source code under a free/libre license. Who have spent decades

> > > and 10's of thousands of hours working on projects that we give away freely

> > > and openly, your software is irrelevant and your request for respect is

> > > borderline insulting.

> >

> > If anything is 'borderline insulting' it's IMHO the above.

> >

> > While I can't imagine any good reason for keeping mixer4 source

> > code closed, the only consequence this should (and will) bring

> > is the reduced amount of support the author will get from this

> > (LAU/LAD) community. It should not be any pretext for ad-hominem

> > comments. And don't forget that many on this list are using things

> > like Mixbus. Is Harrison 'borderline insulting' as well ?

>

> +1

>

> We are living in a free world. I prefer open source, but if somebody has

> what ever reason not to open the source code, I can decide if I'll use

> it or not, no need for that noise.

It's something that people can get quite heated about :(
Personally, I prefer stuff with the source available (just in case) - although

I'll probably hardly give it a glance. To persuade me otherwise, an application

would have to be really exceptional and quite unique.
--

Will J Godfrey

http://www.musically.me.uk

Say you have a poem and I have a tune.

Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

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