Disklavier

Yeah, actually I knew that it ran Linux, but the libraries built into
linux are released under the LGPL (Lesser Gnu Public License), which
allows people to write software using them that does not have to be
released with the source code.

But if they were to follow the linux tradition an open source model
would be the thing to do.

I actually already knew that Yamaha reps read this list and I did not
mean to imply that they aren't listening to their customers.  I just
hope they are also listening to my suggestion.

Dan O' Conner misunderstood my argument.  I never said that companies
can't or should not make money from software.  I only said that for
hardware companies it makes a lot of sense to freely release the
source code for the software that drives their hardware, since the
software is really of no use to someone who does not have the
hardware.  The hardware is their bread and butter, and they can (and
do) make plenty of money off of it.  Releasing the software as open
source would only make their product better, since they would gain the
expertise of the community in adding features and ferreting out bugs
and can still charge money for the hardware.

Carl

On 11/28/05, George F. Litterst <PianoBench@...> wrote:
> Carl, I have never observed anyone from Yamaha publicly commenting on
> development plans. However, I know for a fact that many people at
> Yamaha in both the US and Japan read messages posted to this list.
>
> Please don't take the lack of a public response as a comment on the
> worthiness of your suggestion.
>
> Interestingly, your concept is already partially implemented in the
> Mark IV: it runs on Linux.