Re: ethics

[Jeff Larson <Jeffrey.Larson@Sun.COM>]

 > A lot of the "buzz" around Mobius is that it is based on the EDP.
 > In effect you are using the EDP name to promote your software.

Yeah, I can see that.  I'm in an awkward position.  Either I'm
a deceptive charlatan by not mentioning the EDP and implying
I invented all of this, or I'm an opportunistic leach riding
on the coattails of greatness :-)  Somewhere in between
lies balance.

It may be helpful to know that my goal here is not to copy the
EDP.  Architecturally Mobius is more like a multi-track sequencer with
a large built-in looping plugin.  Over half the code has nothing to do
with looping per se.  I am attempting to build a general purpose sound
processing "engine" that can be "scripted" to build applications.
Roughly similar to Max/MSP or Synthedit, only with a bias toward
live looping.  I thought the EDP would be a good place to start learning
what that would take.  In hindsight, the EDP bias has probably lost me
more users than I have.   There are lots of people that have difficulty
with its....statistical density.

A year from now it may start looking more like Ableton Live, giving me
a whole new audience of developers to annoy :-) At that point I will
start de-emphasizing the EDP heritage.  EDP-style looping will be
just one of the "modules" you can load into the engine.  Who knows,
I may never get there, but I enjoy trying.

Jeff