William,
have you thought of trying one of the "make a petition" sites, like https://www.change.org/ , http://www.thepetitionsite.com/media-arts-culture/ , .http://www.avaaz.org/en/ etc?
If one of these platforms were suitable to host it then that would definitely help.
Phil
On 21 January 2016 at 21:53, William Huston williamahuston@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for all who responded with early feedback :)
I think the plan should be
- Form a small committee to draft the
"*Pledge to Support Open Source Community*" with the target being *manufactures of synthesizers, controllers, and other MIDI devices. *
Recruit the Top 10 or 25 big names to sign on to the letter.
A general petition for all others.
If anyone wants to be on the committee to create the first draft, please contact me off-list.
Thanks!!
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 5:10 PM, phil jones interstar@gmail.com wrote:
I will totally sign a petition on this. And forward it to every musician I know.
Phil
On 21 January 2016 at 17:08, William Huston williamahuston@gmail.com wrote:
I hope you all consider this an appropriate post for this list.
I have been very upset at a certain manufacturer which I have decades of experience owning their products.
I love their machines! But they are pissing me off by doing things like:
*1) Bundle software which only runs on Proprietary Operating Systems.* This is an excuse to increase street price. Linux users who want just the hardware are forced to pay for something they do not want and cannot use.
*2) Publishing only a partial MIDI implementation* *3) Using a secret API* which only their *closed source Editor* can access, and which only runs on *Windows or MacOS*. ($$$).
So *if I want a Korg product* (like their new Microkey Studio!!! I have the perfect application for this!!!), *then I must also pay Microsoft or Apple, in order to fully use the thing*. I must also must pay a premium for software I cannot use and may not want or need.
*I do not think this is fair or right!*
Here's an idea:
NAMM is going on right now. This is a time when all of the manufacturers all get together.
I think the Open Source community has a lot of clout now.
My idea is to draft a *Pledge to Support Open Source Community*, which we will try to get manufacturers support for by the next 2017 NAMM.
My list so far is this:
- *Publish full MIDI standard. **No hidden APIs *which only
closed-source tools, which only run on Windows or Mac can access.
- *Unbundle the hardware from the optional software*. Don't force a
linux hardware owner to pay for software he cannot use.
- Consider including *sample editors *or *performance programs *as
hackable *C programs,* *Perl *or *Python *scripts, and also *sample patches *in popular *open-source music programs *such as *CSound, SuperCollider*, or *Pure Data*.
Does anyone want to be a co-signer on this, or have anything to add?
*I think it would be awesome to get the top 10-20 people*
*in Open Source Music world to endorse this first thing. * People like *Miller, Onyx Ashanti, Ico, Julius O. Smith, *
*Servando, Katja, Alexandre, Matt, IOhannes, Cheeto,* *Richard Stallman*, ... c'mon people, help me out...
Wow, that would pack a whallop! I think we could have a major impact on hardware manufacturers.
This is a way for me to take my complaint with Korg and make this a campaign which could help users of other H/W vendors stuff as well.
Thoughts? BH
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