Hi Marc
I was mainly considering the bigger point of how an artist uses tools.
To use a computer program is an abstraction of the computer. I
certainly didn't mean to imply that the issues below are abstract, and
you must realise I'm not disagreeing with you on that! The one point I
was disagreeing with, is that open source being the only solution, as
to limit artists to open source is a political restriction to be
avoided.
I do think if someone (including an artist) isn't involved in the
community around open source development, or involved in actually
developing, then they are simply acquiring the software. If someone
simply acquires open source s/w there is no difference between
purchasing non-open source. It is a just a tool they have acquired to
exploit.
m
On 23 November 2012 01:08, marc <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
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