Re: [microsound] who is nn?

[Aster X Prodax <asterprox@xxxxxxxxx>]

>At 11:41 PM -0800 11/3/02, brett lockspeiser wrote:
>
>>just to focus the issue a little bit: from what i can gleam nn seems to
>>think the c74's licensing of MAX from IRCAM is somehow going on improperly
>>and that an american company is profiting from a product paid for by
>>public funds in france
>
>So from where I sit, the only "improper" activity is on nn's part.

 From what I know, the beef between NN and C74 has nothing to do with 
IRCAM.  I gather that it stems from interpersonal/interdeveloper 
breakdowns between the 2 parties, and was fueled by a list posting 
where a C74 programmer used the term "reverse engineer" in regard to 
parts of NN's Nato software.  Since C74 has come out with their own 
Nato-killer extension to Max (Jitter), NN apparently feels that there 
are grounds for legal action.  I highly doubt this to be a viable 
case, since C74 would have seen that coming a mile away and would 
take any appropriate action to purge copyrighted code from their 
program.

Anyway, it's a very heated relationship between both parties.  The 
possibility of irrational behavior on either side of the equation is 
highly probable.

All I know is Jitter rules, and C74 as an entity is much easier to 
communicate with than NN.  Which is not to say Nato doesn't rule, 
it's just rather obfuscatory and NN's documentation is not as helpful 
as C74's.

AProx

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