Hi, I've finished a package for Music21[0] but I need to solve one last license issue. This software uses a scale database which is available under the following condition:
"The scale archive can be freely downloaded. See the contents listing for a brief description of each scale file. The scales are at: http://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/scales.zip."[1] [0] http://mit.edu/music21/ [1] http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/scl_format.html People from Music21 software have been very friendly by fixing all license issues related to the software in order to have it in Debian, but this one doesn't depend on them. After trying to contact scale archive upstream I got no answer (no panic though, mail sent only a few days ago). Additional resources: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29#File_formats * http://pure-lang.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples/scale/scale.html#copying So my question is what actually makes the scale archive an original/creative/intellectual work: 1) The musical scales themselves? (well, I don't think so) 2) The .scl scale format as documented in [1] above? 3) The work of translating those musical scales into .scl files? By understanding this I could try to focus on an alternative solution in case the author doesn't allow us to distribute his archive under a DFSG-friendly license. Thanks, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .''`. Tiago Bortoletto Vaz GPG : 1024D/A504FECA : :' : http://tiagovaz.org XMPP : tiago at jabber.org `. `' tiago at {tiagovaz,debian}.org IRC : tiago at OFTC `- Debian GNU/Linux - The Universal OS http://www.debian.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120326140341.GA15814@x61
