Hello Daniel, GNU LilyPond is published under the GNU General Public License. I would suggest reading through [https://lilypond.org/gpl.html](http://lilypond.org/gpl.html) to understand what that entails. http://lilypond.org/gpl.html
Best wishes, Jahrme On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 22:00, Daniel Xu <nxu...@aucklanduni.ac.nz> wrote: > Hey there, > I love your program and love the output that your software creates and I > made a program to automatically transcribe music with your program, GitHub > link here: > https://github.com/Pookie-Cookie/music-transcription > Since the program requires lilypond to work I had to move the entire > lilypond installation into the working directory and as such before I > commit this change and potentially plagiarise your work, I was wondering if > this is ok to do and in essence distribute your software on your behalf as > it is a core part of my code (though unlikely as it is just a side project > for myself). > > Kind regards > Daniel Xu