Re: [AD] Allegro 5 MIDI addon

[Peter Wang <novalazy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:45:59 +0200, Tobias Hansen <tobias.han@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm thinking about writing a MIDI addon for Allegro 5. Since my
> intention is to get it included into Allegro, I check with you first.
> 
> I think it's a good choice to use libfluidsynth. The Allegro addon has
> to do the same things with libfluidsynth as Alure [1], so I intend to
> reuse some of Alures code. That means the addon would be partly under
> Alures license X11/MIT. There are free soundfonts available (I don't
> mean that Allegro must include one, but it's good to know). A reasonable
> one is [2] I think. It's GPL licensed. If you want to test
> libfluidsynth, you can use the alurestream program bundled with alure:
> 
> FLUID_SOUNDFONT=<soundfont> alurestream <midifile>

You might also want to look at the code I wrote:

http://sourceforge.net/p/dunedynasty/dunedynasty/ci/f5a884821842ea9b414515f2742fccf4c45658a0/tree/src/audio/allegro_midi.cpp

There's not much to it, honestly.

> My questions are:
> 
> 1. Is that something you would like to include into Allegro 5 if it
> works well? Do you see any problems with my plan?

I'm thinking not, because fluidsynth is LGPL licensed.  Allegro has has
traditionally shyed away from depending on GPL/LGPL licensed libraries
due to complications in distribution.

Peter