Re: [fluid-dev] Some Questions About FluidSynth MIDI Player

[Zegelin Peter]

Thanks for the heads up on the licenses Josh.

I must admit reading most of those license makes my eyes glaze over  
and I can never really figure them out. If I use FluidSynth it would  
be as a shared library so I think I would be covered (but I'd better  
have another look). As for making changes and releasing them back to  
the community that would also be OK.

Yes the MIDI player part of FluidSynth is a bit limiting. From what I  
can see it wouldn't be possible to move back and forward through the  
file as the events are stored as a single linked list and thrown away  
after they are 'played'. I already have my own lists of events so I am  
mainly looking for a reliable 'pump' to push them through to a synth  
or external device. Having a cross platform synth is also nice.

Re the clipping - could you tell me which files I should be looking at  
to see how the mixing etc. works? I have looked a bit and can't really  
find it.

thanks!

Peter


On 01/10/2008, at 3:18 AM, Josh Green wrote:

> Hey Julien,
>
> Just some more clarity on licenses..  First, FluidSynth is under the
> LGPL.  Indeed the GPL does not forbid incorporation in a commercial
> product, as long as the source code is not linked or included directly
> in another program (i.e., it is used as a stand alone application).   
> The
> LPGL on the other hand permits linking as a shared library.  At any
> rate, I don't think we should turn the FluidSynth list into a  
> discussion
> on licenses, beyond the scope of FluidSynth ;)  As a side note  
> though, I
> think originally LinuxSampler had an additional custom clause in its
> license that forbid any sort of commercial use (perhaps this is no
> longer the case?).  I remember some controversy over this, since that
> could indeed also forbid distribution by Linux distribution companies.
> Since Benno is a copyright holder of the software, he has the right to
> re-license its use, to be used in a commercial application.
>
> Best regards,
>         Josh
>
> On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 18:42 +0200, Julien Claassen wrote:
> > Hi!
> >   I think fluidsynth is GPL as well. and if I'm not wrong - having  
> > had and
> > heard endless discussions on linux audio users and developers  
> > mailinglists -
> > GPL does not forbid incorporation in a commercial product. that why
> > LinuxSampler isn't exactly GPL, because Benno Senona has his own  
> > commercial
> > product, in which he incorporates LinuxSampler. So this should be  
> > no problem.
> >   Kindest regards
> >          Julien
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