Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> a écrit : > >As for Java, it is now a free software and its > >implementation for Android (Dalvik), is free too. > > > Really?! Java is not free, unless you are referring (only) to the > programming language. (Libraries? VM?)
Hi Stephan. The Java language and its specifications are free, the Gnu classes are free, the Dalvik VM is free, and most of the Oracle (Sun) implementation is free. That's not so bad. > I was (obviously) aware of Ubuntu, Firefox OS etc. Obviously. > >Android is "open" for both the industry and the (tech savvy) users. > >We can install our own software on tons of different Android devices. > >Users can install free software without the Google Market app, using > >the F-Droid app, or manually with apk packages. > > > > It doesn't work always, and therefore is a hack. (Because > manufacturers/providers try to lock the system.) Apps from the F-Droid "market" works on many Android phones and devices. Phones from providers can be "rooted" and reflashed, but I was thinking more about other kinds of SoC devices that we can buy (and proudly hack). > Have you ever installed a "free Android update"? ;-) No. Do you mean free as beer? > >My point is that it's possible to build > >ambisonics players using cheap technologies with free software only; > >there's maybe an opportunity to develop a parallel "industry" for > >ambisonics content and delivery (I'm being naïve and idealistic). > > I am abolutely in favour of this, "even" considering that a free3D > audio codec could be developped without the MPEG, or say outside the > MPEG. Great! > Currently, I try to evaluate what is happening... > > Best, > > Stefan Remember that MPEG is creating proprietary, industrial and commercial standards using lots of patents. How Ambisonics can co-exist? -- Marc _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
