[PD] Can you close source of Pd patches (for commercial development)?

Miller Puckette msp at ucsd.edu
Sat May 7 19:48:09 CEST 2016


I don't think there's any way to distribute patches that vanilla Pd can read
and run without making it easy for people to open them.  At some level you'll
have to write code.

cheers
M

On Sat, May 07, 2016 at 08:36:46PM +0300, Matti Viljamaa wrote:
> What about using Pd as a C/C++ library and writing the patch that way? Or perhaps LibPd?
> Would this allow the patch to be compiled as a stand-alone program? Yes?
> 
> The easiest would be if there was a way to open a patch in binary form in Pd.
> 
> What I’ve been envisioning would be to create “modules” for Pd similar to Reaktor’s Blocks that would
> allow for a more high-level patching and usage of Pd. And it could motivate developers to develop patches
> in a more standardized “blocks” form, rather than as unstandardised patches. 
> 
> Reason, I’ve been wanting to see modular synthesis properly realised in Pd. But I wouldn’t want to
> spend effort on developing modules that I cannot profit from, since I could do that using some other platform.
> 
> -Matti
> 
> > On 07 May 2016, at 20:29, Miller Puckette <msp at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > You'd have to modify Pd if you want to be able to run patches and
> > keep it a secret how the patch works.  I don't think people often feel the
> > need to do that but it wouldn't be hard to do.
> > 
> > cheers
> > Miller
> > 
> > On Sat, May 07, 2016 at 08:14:05PM +0300, Matti Viljamaa wrote:
> >> But how do you close and distribute a Pd patch so it’s not viewable? Can you open a Pd patch distributed as binary?
> >> 
> >> I only found this:
> >> 
> >> How do I compile a Pd-patch to run as a stand-alone application?
> >> https://puredata.info/docs/faq/standalone <https://puredata.info/docs/faq/standalone>
> >> 
> >> -Matti
> >> 
> 



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