Re: [microsound] //Copyright monopoly and creative sounds

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Funny you woud mention linux.  I just took the plunge recently and have
been quite surprised.  I've always had this dream of making my own audio
software .  After installing linux, which required a fair amount of
reading on my part, it no longer seemed impossible.  There is such a huge
community on  the net.  I don't know how I missed it before.  Now I'm
programming like mad everyday :)

I find it ironic that the first organization to create an open license was
a group of programmers.  Going by stereotypes you'd think t would be
artists.  Then again is there such a differrence?

elisha

Michal Seta wrote:
> getting further off topic here...
>
> One more reason to upgrade to linux?
> In the past five years that I have been using linux I had almost
> forgotten what entering a serial number/pass means...
>
> I am not saying this to start another religious/OS/platform/whatever
> war.  Linux is a _real_ alternative to Microcrap.  One can get
> immediately productive with it (be it office applications, graphics,
> music, digital audio, internet etc).  It's true that some aspect of
> the OS are still a little immature and many applications are alpha or
> beta (and will be for a long time) and in general more
> time/testing/developers are needed to make it perfect (whatever that
> means) but there are many mature tools available (UNIX type systems
> have been around for a very long time!) that may suit many needs.
> True, one may need to adjust one's working habits but any change
> requires some adjustments.  Besides, possibly this change will be
> enriching.
>
> Now, to get back to copyright issues, those who are concerned about
> copyrights and their social, moral, philosophical, legal etc aspects and
> influence on one's creative/productive life, linux is, again, a
> possible path.  Check out gnu.org to learn about copyleft applied to
> software.  Many artists have been copylefting their music/art and
> deriving licenses from the GPL.  Check out also
> http://creativecommons.org/ for another type of license to support
> creative work.
>
> cheers
>
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:44:08 -0600
> Jeffrey wrote:
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>> *Sigh*.  I think you're right.  Microsoft's "Palladium" gets really
>> intense and can bind things down to the hardware level, which always
>> worries me.  I have enough problems just moving serial number and
>> preference information around between machines.  I'm not looking
>> forward to a day when I buy a new computer or any other piece of
>> digital equipment and find I can't access half my library without
>> jumping through lots of hoops - even though I may even still be within
>> my licensed "rights".
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