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Here is a collection of frequently asked questions. Please read them before asking on |
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1. License<br> |
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<a href="#commercial_products">Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products?</a> |
1.1 <a href="#commercial_products">Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products?</a><br> |
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1.2 <a href="#commercial_music">Can I use LinuxSampler for commercial music production?</a><br> |
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1.3 <a href="#open_source">LinuxSampler is not open source, you are evil!</a><br> |
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<a href="#commercial_music">Can I use LinuxSampler for commercial music production?</a> |
1.3 <a href="#closed_source">Will LinuxSampler turn closed-source?</a><br> |
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1.4 <a href="#ls_license_change">I've heard the commercial exception of LinuxSampler was added at a certain version?</a><br> |
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1.5 <a href="#ls_breaking_libgig_license">Doesn't LinuxSampler illegally link against libgig?</a><br> |
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<a href="#open_source">LinuxSampler is not open source, you are evil!</a> |
1.6 <a href="#ls_breaking_license">Doesn't LinuxSampler illegally link against other libraries?</a><br> |
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2. General Questions<br> |
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2.1 <a href="#aga">linuxsampler? qsampler? jsampler? libgig? liblscp? jlscp? ... hu?</a><br> |
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<a href="#aga">linuxsampler? qsampler? jsampler? libgig? liblscp? jlscp? ... hu?</a> |
2.2 <a href="#no_gui">Can I use linuxsampler without a GUI as well?</a><br> |
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3. Compilation / Installation<br> |
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3.1 <a href="#install">What do I need to compile and install?</a><br> |
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3.2 <a href="#compilarion_error">Compilation of LinuxSampler aborts with ...</a><br> |
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3.3 <a href="#cvs_checkout">How do I checkout from CVS?</a><br> |
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3.4 <a href="#compile_cvs">How do I compile from CVS?</a><br> |
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4. Setup<br> |
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4.1 <a href="#examples_lscp">Are there example LSCP script files somewhere?</a><br> |
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4.2 <a href="#dropouts">I get dropouts (click sounds, noise), what can I do about it?</a><br> |
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<h3>Can I use LinuxSampler in commercial hardware or software products?</h3> |
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by funding and thus increase development speed. |
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<h3>Will LinuxSampler turn closed-source?</h3> |
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No, the commercial exception in LinuxSampler's license terms were there since day one. |
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Even further it's not only there since the very first publicly available CVS |
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(developer) version of LinuxSampler, that commercial exception was even already in |
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Benno Senoner's proof of concept code called "EVO", which LinuxSampler was based on. |
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There was even a rumour that we would have manipulated CVS history to "pretend" this |
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exception wasn't added at a later point. Needless to say that this rumour is completely |
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false as well. Think about it! We're a group of developers spread around the world who |
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work on this project for fun and ideology in our spare time. Most of us contributed to |
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various other open source / free software projects. Do you seriously think we would |
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cheat on such an issue? Beside that you certainly find various people completely |
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<h3>Doesn't LinuxSampler illegally link against libgig?</h3> |
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No! LinuxSampler does not "illegally" link against libgig, since the copyright holder |
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license terms. The sole purpose of license terms is to grant other people certain |
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linking is libgig (<a href="#ls_breaking_libgig_license">see above</a>). Especially |
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<h3>linuxsampler? qsampler? jsampler? gigedit? libgig? liblscp? jlscp? ... hu?</h3> |
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