[gmpi] Re: Instruments done, moving on to "Plugin Files"

> >Storing the metadata in a seperate part of the plugin means that we could
> >require it to be freely licenced, which would make the metadata of every
> >plugin free for use, even though the plugin itsself isnt eg. to include
in
> >session files to make sessions more easily portable between machines.
that
> >way the receiver can know exactly what plugins thier missing and make
> >substitutions as appropriate.

> Great thought, Steve (though I'm interested to hear if anyone
> (commercial devs?) disagrees).

Um, the session data I store is simply the plugin's ID, and it's parameter
settings.  I don't see that you would be prohibited from freely sharing
that?

I don't understand the need to have metadata in a separate file for
licencing reasons. What metadata are we talking about?

Jeff


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> Great thought, Steve (though I'm interested to hear if anyone
> (commercial devs?) disagrees). I'd like to see this rationale made
> explicit in the req's, perhaps by fleshing out #88. - Jim
>
>
> At 10:08 AM +0100 8/27/04, Steve Harris wrote:
> >Storing the metadata in a seperate part of the plugin means that we could
> >require it to be freely licenced, which would make the metadata of every
> >plugin free for use, even though the plugin itsself isnt eg. to include
in
> >session files to make sessions more easily portable between machines.
that
> >way the receiver can know exactly what plugins thier missing and make
> >substitutions as appropriate.



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