[sdiy] Monowave goes GPL

[tomg]

Yes, but this one is copied from my site.
I have a policy that you can choose to
ignore or not... It's an honor thing. We'll
see if there is any honor left on this list..
Won't we?

Regards
Tom



>
> In a message dated 8/24/05 8:38:38 PM, e4m at houston.rr.com writes:
>
> << To clarify things, that filter was never suppost to be
>
> sold by anyone. I have a non-profit, for personal
>
> use only policy on all of my work because that's
>
> what I promised to do. No one is allowed to use
>
> anything from my site for a commercial product.
>
>
> After taking it out I thnk that it's best not to break
>
> my policy or my promise. The great man has only
>
> been gone for moments....
>
>
> That said, please replaced the EFM Moog filter with
>
> something else if you are going to be selling a new
>
> Monowave kit. >>
>
> Tom,
>
> Just so you're up-to-date on this:  There are absolutely no legal
> restrictions on the use of the Moog ladder filter.  It can be freely used
and adapted
> without restriction in commercial and non-commercial designs.  In fact, it
is
> used in several high-profile commercial products, and has been for a
number of
> years.  One of the first I can recall was the Peavey Spectrum Analog
Filter
> module, a very cool and sadly underappreciated product from the early
1990's.  It
> contained a reproduction of the classic Moog transistor ladder filter.
Hell,
> Alesis even has the damn thing etched right into silicon in their
Andromeda
> ASIC chip.  The patent has long expired, and neither license nor
permission is
> needed.  You didn't know this?
>
> MB
>