Greg, et all, To my knowledge nothing has been written yet in the GPL license which is what 99% of Linux code and apps are. The GPL license is General Public License, which means that when someone writes an app for Linux - AND/OR - Windows, means that the source code must be posted on the web somewhere. *The writer is in total control.* But if you want to download and tweak it, you can. However, it's basically your code and not supported by the writer. But if it is a good enough change, you can send the code back to the writer and if the writer likes can include your changes in the next release. So, if one of the writers of the piano software were to "open up" the code and set it up as a GPL license, they would stay in control of the software. Which opens things up to direct ideas and changes by the public. That poses a question, how does the writer make their money - by offering "support" packages - so much a month / year / upgrade, etc.. IMHO, this is why Linux is gaining strengh - SuSE/Novell distribution includes over - 3,000 - such GPL applications, geneology, games, antivirus, browsers, email, office, firewall, photo manipulation, digital camera, scanner, faxing, business financial, CD and DVD ripping/authoring, ftp (file transfer protocol), mp3 creation/editing (these are what I'm using) and many, many more for FREE Finally, I remember hearing about a FREE development package that is comparable to Visual Basic. Duaine Greg Newell wrote: > Paul, > I've seen this program, I think. Same deal though, I'd be tied > to the whim of whoever is in control of the code. I just can't go > there again. > > Greg -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
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