--- web/trunk/www.linuxsampler.org/faq.html 2006/07/01 16:57:37 895 +++ web/trunk/www.linuxsampler.org/faq.html 2006/07/02 12:26:56 896 @@ -124,14 +124,59 @@
Here is a collection of frequently asked questions. Please read them before asking on
- the mailing list.
+ the mailing list.
+
+ Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products?
+ Can I use LinuxSampler for commercial music production?
+ LinuxSampler is not open source, you are evil!
+ linuxsampler? qsampler? libgig? liblscp? hu?
+ What do I need to compile and install?
+ Compilation of LinuxSampler aborts with ...
+ How do I checkout from CVS?
+ How do I compile from CVS?
+ Can I use linuxsampler without a GUI as well?
+ Are there example LSCP script files somewhere?
+ I get dropouts (click sounds, noise), what can I do about it?
You are NOT ALLOWED to use LinuxSampler source code, libraries or applications in COMMERCIAL hardware or software products without prior written authorization by the authors. See here +
+ + ++ Hell, yes! Every indirect commercial usage of LinuxSampler, which essentially means + using its audio output, can of course be used in commercial applications like music + productions, live shows, etc. Don't get us wrong, with the mentioned commercial + exception we don't want to restrict the normal user / musician, we just want to avoid + somebody to directly make money with our work, that is by selling our software in a + sampler product like a sampler + sample library bundle, a hardware sampler or + something equivalent, at least not without giving something back to the open source + Community. +
+ + ++ There are of course many definitions of the term "open source", but according to the + definition on Wikipedia + LinuxSampler is in fact open source, since you've got complete access to its source + code. So due to this fact, a normal user / musician is free to do with LinuxSampler + what he likes to do, he can even adjust and tweak every single part of the software + by modifying and compiling its source code. And just the fact that we want to avoid + our work to be directly exploited in commercial software or hardware products is + definitely not an evil intention. For the normal user / musician the commercial + restriction is even an advantage, since that way commercial actors are forced to + support this or another open source project either directly by coding or indirectly + by funding and thus increase development speed. +
+There are currently six subprojects in the LinuxSampler project; jlscp, jsampler, @@ -157,6 +202,7 @@
+You should compile and install at least libgig and linuxsampler. As a beginner you should @@ -172,6 +218,7 @@
+
• "can't find a register in class `GENERAL_REGS' while reloading `asm'
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@@ -222,7 +269,7 @@
1 2-
gcc --version g++ --version@@ -249,6 +296,7 @@ (read this for details). +
The procedure of checking out the newest version from CVS is described on the @@ -257,6 +305,7 @@ of our CVS server.
+The procedure for compiling from CVS is the same for all subprojects, that is no matter @@ -277,6 +326,7 @@
+Yes, but unfortunately there is no console based frontend for linuxsampler (yet). @@ -309,7 +359,7 @@ to linuxsampler's LSCP server and type commands manually.
- +Yes, have a look on the Documentation site for some