SBaGen and I-Doser

I-Doser uses SBaGen as its binaural beat engine. SBaGen's source code has always been licensed by its author (Jim Peters) under the GNU GPLv2. Up until June 2007, I-Doser was distributed in violation of SBaGen's license. However, an agreement was reached between Jim Peters and I-Doser in June 2007, as below.

Please note that this agreement does NOT mean that Jim Peters approves of I-Doser's use of high amplitude binaural beats to attempt to emulate the effects of recreational drugs -- not in any way. The brain is a sensitive instrument, and binaural beats are best used in a sensitive and conscious manner. There are very many positive benefits that can be gained through subtle use of binaural beats, such as those promoted by CenterPointe through their program, or by the Monroe Institute, or by the sequences supplied with SBaGen. Those interested in other possibilities are encouraged to read some of the sites linked to, or read about and experiment with some of the sequences supplied with SBaGen.

With that said, you may now navigate from this page in whichever direction you choose!

Thanks for reading --

Jim Peters

CHECKLIST

This is a list of things that I-Doser still have to do before they come into compliance with the agreement below. This section will be deleted when all points are complete.

• Provide fully GPL-compliant source code for the sbagen-derived DLL. Note that I-Doser have twice put up incomplete source code for their sbagen-derived DLL, and I am fast losing patience with them. They have since sent a new version by E-mail for testing, which I will get around to soon, but this is not yet included in the installer. See the notes below.

Agreement

In June 2007, Jim Peters (SBaGen author) and I-Doser agreed as follows:

• Jim Peters grants a linking exclusion to I-Doser.com to to allow them to link their closed source application against a sbagen-derived DLL in exchange for prominent links from the I-Doser site, from the C-Net download.com page (or whichever site is used for the downloads) and from the I-Doser application itself to this page on the SBaGen site: http://uazu.net/sbagen/i-doser.html (for example, a "Powered by SBaGen" link, or whatever). The linking exclusion is conditional on the maintenance of those links.
• Apart from the specific linking exclusion granted above, all terms of the GPL must be adhered to. These include (but are not limited to): making it clear to users of the application that it is based on open-source code, and that the source code is available to them; and including the complete sbagen-derived source code with the application or making it available as a separate unrestricted download.
• I-Doser will pay Jim Peters a one-off payment of $1000 as token (symbolic) damages for the misuse of his code over the period of time that I-Doser was distributed in violation of its license.

Please note that this agreement does not apply to newer versions of SBaGen (version 1.4.4R and above) which have a shared copyright due to substantial contributions from others.

Notes

I-Doser supplied several incomplete versions of the source-code for their SBaGen-derived DLL. The code provided so far is included here (less the NCB file which is not really required). The final ZIP is still being tested.

• idoser-gpl-src-v0.zip: Incomplete source, does not build.
• idoser-gpl-src-v1.zip: Builds, but DLL generated is not compatible with the DLL actually shipped with the program, i.e. we still don't have the source for the supplied DLL. A number of functions present in the v0 code and the 'live' DLL are not present in this v1 source code.
• idoser-gpl-src-v2.zip: This version was supplied by I-Doser by E-mail, and still needs testing fully. It has not yet been included in the I-Doser installer.

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