Show HN: SOUL Language 1.0 – A platform for writing and running audio code

Re:Show HN: SOUL Language 1.0 – A platform for writing and r... by julesrms on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:18AM (#25847389)

Well, as the person who also created JUCE and its license, I can't really argue with that. :)

We're very keen to make sure that the end-user developers are totally unencumbered and license-free, because we want lots of people to adopt it.

All our licensing is more aimed at device and driver builders - think of it like e.g. openGL - the industry making GL cards and drivers is legal complex, but none of that stuff affects the coders writing GL apps.

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Re:Show HN: SOUL Language 1.0 – A platform for writing and r... by jdmoreira on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:43AM (#25848560)

What if I want to write a software renderer that implements the openGL api?

Or what if want to write a Vulkan to Metal like MoltenVK?

What if I want to write an interpreter for your bitcode?

What if I want to port soul secret source on top of Apple's Accelerate framework? Would you sue me to oblivion?

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Re:Show HN: SOUL Language 1.0 – A platform for writing and r... by cesaref on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @12:01PM (#25848811)

The license is pretty clear, you can do anything you like with the language and the software that has been open sourced. If you want to write your own renderer, that's great! If you want to write a decent interpreter, or a rubbish one for that matter, again, that's great, that's your business.

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Re:Show HN: SOUL Language 1.0 – A platform for writing and r... by an_d_rew on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:43PM (#25850206)

Ah! I didn’t realize it was you! :-) Cheers!

And good point. I understand where you’re coming from, but... I didn’t understand it when I read the post and blurb(s).

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