[RWP] Isn't Reaper Open Source?

[Indigo]

I understand, not open source, but very open to change anyway.
I'm just trying to grasp what ReaAccess actually is, like; is it a 
custom view, constructed from tools supplied by Reaper?
I'm always reading that you can customize Reaper's appearance, themes, 
layout, etcetera, to suit yourself.
I've looked at Reaper without ReaAccess, and its routing matrix is very 
different from what we get by pressing the letter I, and the midi edit 
view is also very different, not easy to get around in.
I'm sure it's not just a matter of dragging and dropping screen elements 
to new places, like docking, but if ReaAccess was constructed like other 
customizations to Reaper, then maybe customizing ReaAccess is not beyond 
grasp.


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On 10/3/2011 10:04 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:
> 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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