[RWP] Isn't Reaper Open Source?

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

As far as I know, Reaper is not open-source technically. For a program to be 
open-source, that means all the source code and documentation needed for 
anyone to compile the actual program must be available to the public. What 
Reaper has, rather, is a very open API with good documentation.

Another way to visualize this would be to imagine an electronic device that 
interfaces with other devices built either by the same company or by others. 
Now if Reaper were such a device, the jacks on the back would be either of a 
standard design, or if custom, proper documentation would be available 
regarding how to connect other devices, and even what types of signals the 
Reaper device expects and generates. If Reaper were open-source, instead of 
just having good docs on the connectors, there would also be schematics of 
the internal circuitry, design documents, firmware code files, etc. In other 
words, there would be enough information that anyone with the know-how could 
build a new device of this type from scratch.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 9:54 AM
Subject: [RWP] Isn't Reaper Open Source?


>I was just looking for something in the Cockos Reaper Wiki Documentation, 
>at:
> http://www.google.com/url?url=http://wiki.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Reaper_Documentation&rct=j&sa=X&ei=X7WJTqSSNKTY0QH9__gQ&ved=0CCMQ6QUoATAA&q=cockos+reaper,+cut+colpy+paste+item&usg=AFQjCNH02l2HzkRGbSeHjujPeWu3RsEuhg
>
> This is documentation headquarters for anything you need to know about 
> Reaper.
> There is a link called The API, which leads to other links to all about 
> its API, with a short discussion about using C Plus Plus Pearl and Python 
> to make any kind of changes in Reaper.
> Isn't this the starting point where Ivan probably began developing 
> ReaAccess?
> I was impressed with how open the developers of Reaper are with its  API.
>
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