Community plugin project

[UD AUDIO]

@d-healey said

(assuming they are not trademarked)

Maybe I could protect it with NFT or a whatever
https://wipoproof.wipo.int/wdts/about-wipo-proof.xhtml?lang=en

[d.healey]

@UD-AUDIO That won't have any effect on the license

[UD AUDIO]

@d-healey So I need to register UD AUDIO as trademark?
I will never understand licences. It's just to confusing.
If the HISE license systems will get a nice indie license I would go for it.
But I really have no clue..

[d.healey]

@UD-AUDIO If you register a logo as a trademark that will affect the reuse of the logo but not any other images

[UD AUDIO]

But there is another way: Be the first and be the best!
It's just hard without an already existing customer base / fanbase.
I should make music, release some EPs and get some fans :D
And true fans will protect any of my work in any area of the www and maybe darknet aswell hahah

[UD AUDIO]

@d-healey Ok but can I have a trademark on the GUI image or does the GNU license also effect images?

[Lindon]

@UD-AUDIO - you cant trademark a GUI image - its a "TRADE" mark - a mark that identifies your trading entity, also have you looked into teh cost of trademarking?

• you are down a rabbit hole - get out now.

[UD AUDIO]

@Lindon Oh yes I mean copyright. The costs are damn high. But all I do is trying to find a solution to protect a plugin from beeing ripped.
I don't think you can fully protect anything.
And there is no global system for all countries. Well...

My solution:

1. Be the first and be the best :D
2. Make your name big and get your website popular

There might be rip-offs but if people don't know where to grab the original, it wouldn't be my problem right?

[Christoph Hart]

@UD-AUDIO said in Community plugin project:

If the HISE license systems will get a nice indie license I would go for it.

There is already a commercial license system for HISE in place, but in your case I would just recommend GPL and don't bother about possible copycats.

[MikeB]

I don't really understand your intention.
If you start a community project, it should be clear to you that it is usually open source. That basically applies to all components.

Have you ever seen a stolen plugin or a stolen GUI?

If you don't want to make your work public - pay Christoph the licence fee and you can develop a closed, protected application.
Like some people do here.

[UD AUDIO]

@Christoph-Hart Thank you! I will do so :)

[UD AUDIO]

@MikeB

@UD-AUDIO said

Is it true that anyone could rip this off because I have no copyright, even for the GUI?

This is the main thing I wanted to know. And if I can protect my GUI in any way.
Yes you're right and I agreed on making the project public to everybody.
But I wish to release it as VSTi aswell. And because of that I need to know those things :)

I really never have seen a 100% identical rip-off.

I thought that open source is code only. Guess it will take at least ten years for me to get a solid knowledge for making commercial plugins.

Please don't get me wrong. I don't have a problem with that but I don't like to be uninformed.

[Christoph Hart]

@UD-AUDIO said in Community plugin project:

Guess it will take at least ten years for me to get a solid knowledge for making commercial plugins.

Or you start now and learn along the way as everybody here :)

[UD AUDIO]

@Christoph-Hart Oh yes, I do so! Already changed my system language to English.
I am a real coding beginner now. :D

[UD AUDIO]

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[d.healey]

@MikeB said in Community plugin project:

If you don't want to make your work public - pay Christoph the licence fee and you can develop a closed, protected application.

Not with my glide script in there though ;)

[UD AUDIO]

@d-healey Aye! I will keep that in mind.

[lalalandsynth]

@UD-AUDIO To me the wood portion seems like a waste of space ?

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[UD AUDIO]

@lalalandsynth We/I could make a minimalistic version of this with no desk
and vector design + colour picker for those who prefer to have a slim version
which is also customizable. I would like to compare both versions.