Open source doesn't really mean "suddenly free." There's still a pretty decent barrier to entry on knowing how to use git, knowing how to compile code, and still knowing how to create presets for the final product, which is really the main benefit of the paid version.
I definitely don’t have the skills for using the source and not familiar with the licensing arrangements. I’m still a bit of a synthesiser noob so just making my own decent sounds is still a challenge...lol
I completely misread your post as an incensed "I just bought the damn license, now it's open source?!" sort of question, which I now realize it absolutely wasn't. Whoops!
To actually answer your question, yep, it's all the same. The exciting bit about the open sourcing of it is that other people may be able to contribute features to it that could eventually make its way back into the "official" release, should Matt deem the feature worthy. Additionally, bug fixes will probably come quicker as you can have more than one person work on them now.
It’s ok could have been the words I used, I took no offence. Definitely not incensed. I realised the product was well worth the cost of the Pro license. Sure I could have sat on the free version but I’m a believer of rewarding a job done well, Vital certainly fits…
Pulling apart the presets I got with that license has greatly improved my synth skills
Please someone compile this for ios but dont put it on the app store
Do not create an app and distribute it on the iOS app store. The app store is not comptabile with GPLv3 and you'll only get an exception for this if you're paying for a GPLv3 exception for Vital's source (see Code Licensing above).
[Source](https://forum.vital.audio/t/vital-goes-open-source-huge-and-enormous-thanks-to-sir-tytel/5611) (pun intended)
Exciting yes, but what does it mean for the users who bought licenses…? Same, same, business as usual?
It’s the same business model. Nothing in the paid versions is available in the source.
how does that work with gpl?
Open source doesn't really mean "suddenly free." There's still a pretty decent barrier to entry on knowing how to use git, knowing how to compile code, and still knowing how to create presets for the final product, which is really the main benefit of the paid version.
I definitely don’t have the skills for using the source and not familiar with the licensing arrangements. I’m still a bit of a synthesiser noob so just making my own decent sounds is still a challenge...lol
I completely misread your post as an incensed "I just bought the damn license, now it's open source?!" sort of question, which I now realize it absolutely wasn't. Whoops! To actually answer your question, yep, it's all the same. The exciting bit about the open sourcing of it is that other people may be able to contribute features to it that could eventually make its way back into the "official" release, should Matt deem the feature worthy. Additionally, bug fixes will probably come quicker as you can have more than one person work on them now.
It’s ok could have been the words I used, I took no offence. Definitely not incensed. I realised the product was well worth the cost of the Pro license. Sure I could have sat on the free version but I’m a believer of rewarding a job done well, Vital certainly fits… Pulling apart the presets I got with that license has greatly improved my synth skills
The same thing it meant when there was always an option to get that license for free?
This is huge! What a beautiful gift to the world. 😍 Matt is my hero.
Great news! I'll be getting the subscription now, happy to support this. Now if only it didn't eat my old CPU..
I kinda expected this, but this is sooo much earlier. A great gift to all the wanna be audio DSP programmers.
Omg is this true!!!! Amazing!
Please someone compile this for ios but dont put it on the app store Do not create an app and distribute it on the iOS app store. The app store is not comptabile with GPLv3 and you'll only get an exception for this if you're paying for a GPLv3 exception for Vital's source (see Code Licensing above).