[PD-dev] who wants to port [wacom] for windows (and unix) ?

[Stephen Sinclair]

Isn't there actually a reverse engineered Wacom driver for Linux?
Couldn't this be used instead of having to ask permission from Wacom?

http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/

I too think it would be great to have cross-platform wacom support,
but I think it would be even better if there was a "libwacom" C API
for all operating systems for which the Pd "wacom" object was a simple
wrapper.

Steve


On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM, João Pais <jmmmpais at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello Pd developers and programmers,
>
> we - me and Johannes Kreidler for now - wanted to ask if anyone would be
> interested in programming a version of Thomas Grill's [wacom] for windows
> (and unix, if possible). This external is used to take data from wacom
> tablets - so in case anyone else is interested in this please say something.
>
> The features/work would include:
>
> - be compatible with general wacom architecture - and specially with the
> Intuos3 (which is the tablet we own)
> - take all parameters from the tablet connected
>   - not forgetting tilt+inclination, touch strips and keys (these aren't
> covered by [wintablet])
> - put the compiled binaries in a svn folder packaged with Pd Extended (see
> below)
> - be willing to do some maintenance now and then, specially until things
> get stable (after that, I guess the work would be kind of finished)
>
> According to T Grill, the developer(s) that work on this must register
> with Wacom as developer(s), so that they have access to the wacon API.
> Also, the source code cannot be given away, so they must sign a
> non-disclosure contract (from what Thomas said, not as complicated as it
> sounds). I couldn't find exact information about this, but at
> http://www.wacomeng.com/devsupport/index.html might be something more
> clear.
>
> It would be perfect if someone would be interested in porting the code
> just because. In case that doesn't happen, we - me, Johannes Kreidler and
> whoever wants to join in - would be interested in giving a small payment
> for the work. We're poor people (just like you), so we can't really pay
> what a professional programmer should get for the work. In that case, just
> get in discussion with us, and we'll see what can be done.
>
> Again, if this interests someone else - either as developper or
> contributor - please forward this mail away.
>
> Best,
>
> João Pais
>
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