The VST SDK is not a precompiled library, it is source code that is designed 
to be compiled into a VST plugin, other parts of which the developer writes.

Regards,
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Oeyvind Brandtsegg" 
To: "Developer discussions" 
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] vst4cs on linux


>I don't fully understand this. I was under the impression that "Linux"
> (different distros) as such were a standard in that it has a common
> way of acessing files and libraries for example. And a VST plugin
> would be a library, wouldn't it ? If the system has the other
> rescorces needed to use that library, why should it not work with a
> precompiled one ?
>
> Oeyvind
>
> 2007/3/18, Dave Phillips :
>> And no, distributing precompiled binaris for Linux isn't likely to work
>> well. Linux distros and systems vary too much in their details, and
>> without a change in licensing the distros are forbidden to include
>> plugins built to any particular distro's specs.
>>
>
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