[sdiy] Paul Schreiber on youtube

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

I haven’t watched this video yet, but I have worked with many Texas Instruments processors and chips over the years. Some of the example code specifically states that it is open source, while other examples make a point that they’re not redistributable and cannot be combined with other software licenses in such a way that would demand them being open sourced. In other words, I don’t want folks to get the impression that TI is only closed source or only antagonistic to freely distributable examples, etc. They certainly support open source where they think it is appropriate, and they should be free to make their own decisions. They have a spectrum of products and a spectrum of licenses. In addition, it’s my opinion that open source is not the only way to make good products - it’s just one good choice among many good choices (not saying there aren’t bad choices out there, I’m just saying that open source isn’t the only good choice).

Now I just need to find some time to watch that video everyone is raving about…

Brian


On Mar 31, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Pete Hartman <pete.hartman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the video of Paul going around explains it better than I will, but the short form is that there's a proprietary algorithm that converts sample data into a format that is based on models of the human vocal tract.  This gives an amazing degree of compression.  He had to get permission from TI Legal just to use the existing, already converted data that's out there (or more accurately the subset of it that they let him use), it seems likely that asking that the code to actually do the conversion be released as open source would have been a bridge too far, had he even asked. 
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> Pete
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> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:57:18AM -0700, Kylee Kennedy wrote:
>>> Bruno are you talking about the Circuit Bent VCO which is based on Texas
>>> Instruments IP and copyrights? That may have been a legal reason.
>>> If you watch the part about his kickstarter quad morphing VCO he's making
>>> the apps for that open source.
>>> 
>>> Kylee
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>> So what does it actually do that's so magical and cannot be reproduced without TI's special sauce?
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