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On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 07:45:55AM +0000, James Stone wrote:

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> LS will work with proper 32 bit samples now. It used to read 32

> bit but play them back at 16 bit. The new license that Mark

> refers to is a modification of the GPL fobidding the use of the

> code in commercial hardware or software projects without the

> consent of the authors. This is what they say on the FAQ:

I hate to be a jerk and crap on someone's project, but this is a

clear violation of the GPL.  Here's some GPL FAQs that explain this:
https://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowMoney

https://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCDoesTheGPLAllowND...

https://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCOrigBSD
Software freedom zero requires that a program be usable for any

purpose whatsoever with no restrictions or limitations.  Of course if

I produce a hardware device that uses a modified LinuxSampler, my

modifications are required to be free software.
--

Ross Vandegrift

ross@kallisti.us
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who

make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians

have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine

man in the bonds of Hell."

	--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37