| Need input on Driver Release [message #107613] |
Fri, 19 April 2013 12:12  |
mikeaudet
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Hi All,
It's going to take more time to get a pace free version of PARIS 3.0 that I can release.
My fallback plan for this weekend had been to release the standard PACE version of PARIS 3.0 if I couldn't get permission from ID to release a PACE free version.
What I discovered today is that the PACE version of PARIS 3.0 will not run at all in Windows 7 64, even with the latest PACE drivers installed. And, today I learned that approval for a PACE free version of PARIS 3.0 is going to take more time.
Should I release the driver with a PACE PARIS 3.0 that will not run? PARIS version 2 will still work.
Or, should I wait until everything is in place?
I'm feeling pretty low about this, but there is nothing I can do. Thanks to the crappy Conservative government in Canada, I could be up for a $1,000,000 fine and 5 years in jail if I break the lock and it is deemed to be for commercial purposes.
Even if it wasn't deemed commercial, it would destroy my relationship with ID, and I value that highly.
So, I just can't do it.
Having said that, in Canada at least, an individual breaking a digital lock is only on the hook for the damages that a company can show. And, since PARIS 3.0 is not for sale, those would be zero.
Let me know what you think I should do.
Mike
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| Re: Need input on Driver Release [message #107619 is a reply to message #107613] |
Fri, 19 April 2013 19:48  |
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You should absolutely wait for permission before releasing a de-paced version. Anything else would be a completely unacceptable risk for you - and for us, since you're our only developer!
But maybe release the installer that includes the PACE-protected version of the app so we can thank you with a pre-purchase. You could incllude a note that reminds purchasers that it's just a pre-purchase, and that it is for the moment illegal to replace the installed paris.exe with a de-paced one.
"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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| Re: Need input on Driver Release [message #107627 is a reply to message #107626] |
Thu, 25 April 2013 13:14 |
mikeaudet
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I just finished getting the installer to work on Windows XP. It requires a restart, but it works. On windows 7 64, no restart is required.
I've also been digging into the issue 32 bit MTC not working in PARIS 2.1. I've installed PARIS 2.1 from the original installer and installed the version of the PThru.drv that came with the original XP driver, and it doesn't work on my system. Could it have really been broken for all this time, and no one noticed? Maybe it doesn't matter much.
In any case, it's not really well implemented anyway. 32 bit MTC is designed to get a sample start value from the PARIS app, and then it uses built in Windows timers to keep time. So, it's in sync at start time, and then it freewheels.
I could write proper MTC generation into the PSCL, and it could be turned on and off by a control panel if there is interest in synching a MIDI app to PARIS 2.1. If not, I won't bother.
I'm completely tied up until Sunday (my wife is in the Peterborough Symphony, and it is concert week). I think I'll release the installer then. I want to add the registry entries for the ASIO driver and test a bit more.
The installer is a single executable that will allow:
- The easy install of PARIS 2.1 and 3.0 on both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows, with no need to run additional updates.
- the east install of updated scherzo and PSCL drivers on 32 bit and 64 bit windows.
- it will install the PARIS MIDI driver on 32 and 64 bit Windows.
Know issues:
- to run PARIS 3.0 on a 32 bit windows, the PACE driver will need to be installed separately.
- though the installer will install PARIS 3.0 on 64 bit Windows, the PACE copy protection did not work for me. I'll leave the installation in just in case a future update of the PACE driver resolves the compatibility issue or someone else finds a way to get the PARIS 3.0 app to work with the current PACE driver.
If ID provides me with a PACE free version of PARIS 3.0, I'll update the installer.
Does this sound like a good way to proceed?
Let me know what you think.
All the best,
Mike
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| Re: Need input on Driver Release [message #107646 is a reply to message #107643] |
Sun, 28 April 2013 15:08 |
mikeaudet
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Hi Don,
I started asking Edmund if I could remove pace myself about a month ago. A week ago, I got a response basically telling me to stop bugging him. I'm not sure what is going on at ID, but I think something has Edmund overwhelmed, and I'm not sure when that will change. I'm going to soldier on with the ASIO driver. If I do get permission, I certainly will do it.
All the best,
Mike
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