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Originally Posted by digiman
VST proprietary isn't it? I am not a programmer but I believe we do not have access to the codebase of Reaper and it is not licensed under GNU so it too is proprietary correct?
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Property is not bad per se at all. And while software is a bit special (cf. the entire open source debate), proprietary communication protocols are especially problematic. There are good reasons for insisting on non-proprietary communication protocols even in proprietary software and hardware. No need to insist on GPL-like terms, though (while, ironically, GPL itself relies on strict property rights): if the owner allows everyone to use it and publishes well-documented technical details, that often suffices in practice.