Re: ITA: timidity
On Fri, 05 Dec 2003, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> I recommend that we operate on the assumption that one will not
> appear, and ship timidity configured to run without patches. In this
> configuration it is unable to play MIDI files, but can still play
> module files (soundtracker, etc), since they embed their
> patches. People who have purchased or otherwise acquired a patch set
> can configure it appropriately for software MIDI playback. Yeah, it
> sucks, but we don't have much choice.
>
> [Whenever any supposedly-free patch sets appear, I can invariably
> identify them as unlicensed property of Gravis Inc. on inspection]
I agree. I will point to non-free patchets in the README.Debian and ship
any example config files for those that were included in Timidity.
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Henrique Holschuh
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