[PD] Free Max?

[Jonathan Wilkes]

I guess it means that those non-GNU/linux users who only use Pd because it's free-as-in-beer would be able to choose between Pd 
and this light-beer-version of Max.  But from what I know of free 
beer aficionados, they seem quite comfortable downloading 
warez to get full versions of commercial software, which-- judging 
from a quick search of pirate bay-- seems already to be the case 
with Max.  So I don't think this possibility would change the 
relationship between Max and Pd very much, if at all.  (Though I'm 
sure it would change the way non-warez-seekerz try out Max, 
though this depends on exactly what limitations the free-beer 
version would have.)

The only substantial thing I can think of that would cause a 
change in the relationship between Max and Pd is if Cycling 74 
did something like release a new version of Max under the X11 
License.  (Or if they did like Juce and sold commercial licenses on an 
individual basis.)

-Jonathan

--- On Mon, 9/20/10, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com>
Subject: [PD] Free Max?
To: "PD List" <pd-list at iem.at>
Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 11:55 PM

I have heard rumors from various sources that Cycling 74 may change the pricing scheme of Max to include a limited version for free. If true, what does this mean for Pd?

--------Dan Wilcoxdanomatika.comrobotcowboy.com






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