Re: [LAD] Linux-audio-dev Digest, Vol 40, Issue 28

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From: Paul Davis <paul@...>

To: Jeff McClintock <jef@...>

Cc: <linux-audio-dev@...>

Subject: Re: [LAD] Linux-audio-dev Digest, Vol 40, Issue 28

Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:32 pm

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Jeff McClintock wrote:

> The PC itself famously became an open platform after Compaq clean-room

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> reverse engineered the BIOS. This is considered legal - Someone who has NOT
> agreed to the VST SDK license can re-create headers that mirror the function
> of the VST SDK. They must do this by examining/debugging a running VST Host,
> not by looking at copy of the original SDK.

jeff, its been (partially) done and is called "vestige". whether it
was done with correct attention to legal detail is not entirely clear.
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Re: [LAD] Linux-audio-dev Digest, Vol 40, Issue 28, Jeff McClintock, (Tue Jun 22, 9:31 pm)

Re: [LAD] Linux-audio-dev Digest, Vol 40, Issue 28, Paul Davis, (Tue Jun 22, 9:32 pm)