[PD] OpenSC

[Michal Seta]

Now, someone should make it into a pd extern...  [sc~]

On Tue, 28 May 2002 22:29:38 -0400
christian adam hresko <godpup at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> i think this message is relevant to anyone involved in electronic music, 
> programming, dsp, etc...
> 
> 
> >
> > SuperCollider is a labor of love, and amazingly, one that I have been 
> > able to live off of for 2.5 years. But it is not a very stable income. 
> > Now I've accepted a job with a major fruit company (I wore Takeko 
> > Kawamura's SuperCollider socks to the interview for good luck), and so 
> > there will be some changes.
> >
> > All versions of SuperCollider are now free programs.
> > Copy protection is removed.
> > I will release the current state of affairs with SC Server on OSX soon.
> > I will release the source code to SC Server as soon as I am able.
> > (website will be updated in the next few minutes)
> >
> > Unfortunately due to the source code license of the MacZoop 
> > framework,(see:
> >  <http://www.maczoop.com/legal.html>) it appears that, since I hacked 
> > up that framework pretty extensively, I would not be able to distribute 
> > all of the source code to SC 2 & 3 on OS9 without substantially 
> > recoding it.
> >
> > I will continue to do some tweaking on SC in my spare time, but 
> > obviously I will have a day job and will not be able to sustain the 
> > level of work that I have in the past. I will finish SC Server on OSX 
> > soon. SuperCollider or the ideas in it will always  be my preferred way 
> > to make my own noises, so I will always be doing something in that 
> > direction.
> >
> > Actually in an ideal world I would have done this long ago, but I could 
> > not make SC free and still pay my rent, so it had to be commercial. I 
> > have wanted to make it free for some time, because I know that it is 
> > only a matter of time before someone tries to copy or do something like 
> > it. And for pride, I wouldn't like for people to be using something 
> > else inferior just because it was free.
> >
> > I can't tell you how much I appreciate the support I've had from all of 
> > my customers. Without that support, SuperCollider would not exist. I 
> > hope no one who has paid feels cheated that it is now free. I would 
> > like, out of good will,to make a refund to people who have paid in the 
> > last month, though it will take a little time.
> >
> > Since you will all soon have access to the source code for SC Server, 
> > and a larger user community due to the new low low price, I think that 
> > this turn of events will be a positive one for SuperCollider.
> >
> > Finally a Zappa quote:
> > "This is the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER.. As you can see MUSIC [software] can 
> > get you pretty f***ed up... Take a tip from Joe, do like he did, hock 
> > your imaginary guitar and get a good job... Joe did, and he's a happy 
> > guy now,"
> >
> >
> > (I thought about calling this post "test, ignore", but decided against 
> > that. ;)
> >
> > --
> > --- james mccartney   james at audiosynth.com   <http://www.audiosynth.com>
> > SuperCollider - a real time synthesis programming language for the 
> > PowerMac.
> > <ftp://www.audiosynth.com/pub/updates/SC2.2.15.sea.hqx>
> 


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