On 1/29/21, 12:12 AM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Daniel Xu" <lilypond-devel-bounces+carl.d.sorensen+digest=gmail....@gnu.org on behalf of 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). If your project is licensed under GNU GPL3, you have the right to incorporate LilyPond in your project, according to the license terms of LilyPond. If your project is not licensed under GNU GPL3, and you do not compile your code with LilyPond, but just use an unmodified copy of LilyPond in a specific directory of your file tree, you can still include LilyPond in your distribution according to section 4 (if you are distributing source) or section 6 (if you are distributing object code). You may not add any additional restrictions to the license for LilyPond as it is included in your project. LilyPond is and must remain free software under the terms of GPL3. Thanks for asking, Carl