[vorbis-dev] cool edit 2000 read filter

Michael Smith msmith at labyrinth.net.au
Thu Feb 8 08:53:14 PST 2001



At 01:35 PM 2/7/01 -0800, you wrote:
>that makes no sense, if i write a piece of code and give it away and it
>requires windows to compile and  run it, does that too mean that the
>end user has no right to use it or distribute it ? Someone must have
>redefined the concept of free while i wasn't looking.
>
>I mean free in the sense as if someone wants to download my source
>and rewrite it for another audio library, or add writing capabilities
>or whatever they can, however that doesn't mean they don't have to follow
>the rules of any other software package they use in the process of doing so.

Fine then. Explictly license it as such. Without any license, the user is granted no rights for distribution and use. 

If you want people to be able to use it for whatever they want, BSD-like license is good.

Michael

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