En cliquant sur le lien fourni, on apprend que Steinberg a saisi Github apparemment a propos du SDK de VST, permettant de faire des plugins.

C'est ainsi 282 fichiers identifiés qui grâce auxquels Steinberg a fait fermer 171 projets sur GitHub. Tous open source. Tous sur de l'audio ou du midi. Tous apportant une valeur à l'écosystème Steinberg.

Pourtant les SDK sont gratuits : https://www.steinberg.net/en/company/developers.html . Il suffirait de remplir le "licence agreement" qui au passage n'est pas lisible ou téléchargeable sur la même page. Alors, c'est une régularisation de force pour ceux qui ne l'ont pas signé? Drôle de méthode...

Ce qui est plutôt marrant c'est que Steinberg a aussi un compte sur Github avec des exemple sur le SDK VST: https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vst3sdk . Ça parle aussi de signature de licence, mais sans pour autant donner plus d'explications sur les buts avoués par cette licence.

Je n'ai trouvé aucune référence dans la presse en ligne sur cette fermeture. Mais sur le fond je trouve cela assez lamentable. Déjà que maintenir un projet open source demande une énergie importante, mais si en plus Steinberg s'en mêle en faisant fermer les sites, il y a fort a parier que nombre de ces projets ne ré-ouvriront pas après s'être mis en conformité, car les développeurs auront jeté l'éponge.

Le récent rachat de Github par Microsoft (12 Juillet 2018) ne va pas me rassurer quand à l'avenir de cette plateforme.

Une coup dur pour l'open source musical.

En référence, la liste des projets désactivés par Github :

https://github.com/414n/slackbuilds.org/
https://github.com/8BitPimp/ldjam/
https://github.com/aardvarkk/expodupe/
https://github.com/aardvarkk/rearr
https://github.com/aardvarkk/soundfind
https://github.com/aardvarkk/the_walshing_machine/
https://github.com/AdrianGin/Pathogen/
https://github.com/akionux/slackbuilds/
https://github.com/Alexey55/Plug-In/
https://github.com/ArTourter/Slackbuilds.org/
https://github.com/askeksa/MetaSynth/
https://github.com/BaniMontoya/voice2midi/
https://github.com/bcmodular/scopeosc/
https://github.com/belaa007/jslibs/
https://github.com/BenitoJedai/jslibs/
https://github.com/brucelane/NxGraphics360Vuforia5Demo/
https://github.com/Chameleon2525/MIDI-Piano-Roll-Editor/
https://github.com/chock-mostlyharmless/mostlyharmless/
https://github.com/chrisdonahue/gpsynth/
https://github.com/clvn/buze/
https://github.com/cowyn/slackbuilds/
https://github.com/cslr/hyperplane/
https://github.com/csound/csound/
https://github.com/cwilling/slackbuilds/
https://github.com/Cycling74/vstsdk/
https://github.com/Deanmv/Trem/
https://github.com/deepakgopinath/PpmAssignment/
https://github.com/dmaglia/vst-playground/
https://github.com/dmtaudio/mordaw/
https://github.com/dreieier/Nexus/
https://github.com/dunyakirkali/vstlive/
https://github.com/dxl5161/EnvironmentalSynthesis/
https://github.com/e7mac/Stanford
https://github.com/enzo1989/jslibs/
https://github.com/eriser/psycle
https://github.com/faudio/faudio/
https://github.com/forart/starpureverb/
https://github.com/FranckFreiburger/jslibs/
https://github.com/FrankHartmanDSP/DSP/
https://github.com/furesoft/jslibs/
https://github.com/garynewby/PUI_IPlug/
https://github.com/gmlion/SoftExciter/
https://github.com/godwincharan/audioPlugIn/
https://github.com/gogins/csound-extended/
https://github.com/gperon/my_slackbuilds/
https://github.com/grammaton/GS-B-Encoder/
https://github.com/grimtraveller/starpureverb/
https://github.com/grimtraveller/voice2midi/
https://github.com/hirano/koblo_software/
https://github.com/impr0t/vst-filtereq/
https://github.com/impr0t/vst-interpolateddelay/
https://github.com/impr0t/vst-monophonicsynth/
https://github.com/impr0t/vst-schroederreverb/
https://github.com/impr0t/vst-stereopanner/
https://github.com/impr0t/vst-twooscillator/
https://github.com/jakub-kudela/pingpongdelay/
https://github.com/jamesehearn/cpp-audio-projects/
https://github.com/jan11011977/konami_scc/
https://github.com/jeffopolis/Gain-Tool/
https://github.com/jessetvogel/vstplugin/
https://github.com/jnetterf/contests/
https://github.com/jnetterf/creator-live/
https://github.com/johncollinson2001/multifuzz/
https://github.com/johndpope/axLib/
https://github.com/josephernest/smplr
https://github.com/joshofreeness
https://github.com/kchikamura/vstplugin
https://github.com/KDsMoped/TinyTools
https://github.com/kode54/vstdriver/
https://github.com/KonstantinKolesnik/MidiWorkStation
https://github.com/krvajal/jslibs/
https://github.com/kxproject/kx-audio-driver
https://github.com/laixinyuan/StereoSourceSepartion
https://github.com/LauraVelikonja/LSTM/
https://github.com/levaidaniel/sbo/
https://github.com/lewisje/jslibs/
https://github.com/lfthomaz/ensemble
https://github.com/lifeofcows/Voltex
https://github.com/linnapuo/vstplugin
https://github.com/m1cl/VST-Plugin
https://github.com/maciejpiechoczek/hybrid-synth-au
https://github.com/madamdata/adavstpractice
https://github.com/madamdata/vstfilter
https://github.com/manchuwook/VST.NET
https://github.com/marcjones-io/plugin-suite
https://github.com/marianboda/miriyaki
https://github.com/MartinBspheroid/VSTHostBlock
https://github.com/massimobernava/md-osx-config-tool/
https://github.com/mathieumailfert/jambot
https://github.com/mathieumailfert/jambotV2
https://github.com/mbrucher/CamX
https://github.com/mchowdhury/VST-Compressor
https://github.com/mdeanda/slackbuilds
https://github.com/mdsib/csc344-wi14
https://github.com/metakine/sonicbirth1
https://github.com/MMI504/BassStation
https://github.com/mrotondo/ccrma
https://github.com/mshavens/SeniorProject
https://github.com/mshavens/SeniorRefactor
https://github.com/mvalente/jslibs
https://github.com/Nebyu/jslibs
https://github.com/neobonzi/CSC344
https://github.com/nickgang/AFDN-reverb
https://github.com/ningmenglive/NineLine
https://github.com/Nyashkoshkko/alsaexchange
https://github.com/obiwanjacobi/vst.net/
https://github.com/oliviermohsen/eiosisTest/
https://github.com/onozuka/koblo_software/
https://github.com/osean-li/VstHost
https://github.com/osoumen/C700
https://github.com/pac-dev/protoplug/
https://github.com/panosmdma/SlackOnly-SlackBuilds
https://github.com/Partikkelaudio/Hadron
https://github.com/pdoogs/BizarroPlug
https://github.com/pdoogs/BizarroPlugOld
https://github.com/pepperpepperpepper/mrswatson
https://github.com/philkroos/itapp
https://github.com/phrb/ensemble
https://github.com/pink-mist/slackbuilds.org/
https://github.com/piyush0011/jslibs/
https://github.com/Ponce/slackbuilds/
https://github.com/poulenc1899/ballin-spice
https://github.com/qwertyflame/koblo_software
https://github.com/raizor/fraq/
https://github.com/rcgilbert/csc344-wi14/
https://github.com/rchen1876/LPF-Filter-Implementations
https://github.com/rebeldayse/phoenix
https://github.com/reedHam/VST-plugin
https://github.com/remymuller/faust2juce
https://github.com/Revolle/expresseur
https://github.com/RobJellinghaus/Holofunk
https://github.com/rockinroyle/SlackBuilds
https://github.com/RomanKubiak/ctrlr
https://github.com/sa66ath/Visual-Studio-Projects
https://github.com/sa66ath/Xcode
https://github.com/sa-tsuklog/MyLib
https://github.com/sethhochberg/BarberVerb
https://github.com/sgrady2/morDAW-3.0
https://github.com/SlackBuildsOrg/slackbuilds
https://github.com/slavaslave/rootloop-Audacity-Project
https://github.com/slewrate/bfoozrocnikovy
https://github.com/Sound1ab/Deritrvi/
https://github.com/spencersalazar/libchuck
https://github.com/SQUARE-WAVES/monosynth-controller
https://github.com/superpoweredSDK/Low-Latency-Android-iOS-Linux-Windows-tvOS-macOS-Interactive-Audio-Platform
https://github.com/TanPitt/jslibs
https://github.com/thanosCebolitas/qt-audio-plugins
https://github.com/TheConservativeCoder/Boomplug
https://github.com/tiwb/freepiano/
https://github.com/tmp0910/jslibs
https://github.com/topher6345/vstAudioEffect/
https://github.com/vemod-/Object-Studio
https://github.com/vjaksic/sinthex
https://github.com/voxaudiolabs/lyngo
https://github.com/w41l/slackbuilds/ 
https://github.com/wakewakame/CinderTest
https://github.com/wakewakame/DXVST2
https://github.com/wakewakame/LogicWaveHost
https://github.com/willysr/slackbuilds/ 
https://github.com/Wiseqube/TTMM
https://github.com/wlnetman/wdl-ol_dev
https://github.com/xia-lixun/libimp
https://github.com/xia-lixun/librec
https://github.com/xia-lixun/libvsthostm
https://github.com/yanmingsohu/JeoPlayer
https://github.com/yoyz/picoloop/
https://github.com/zephyrer/jslibs/
https://github.com/zeromus/vstitest/
https://github.com/ZonRobin/RzDynamicsVST/
https://github.com/zuoteng/koblo_software/
https://github.com/zyamusic/juce