Hey all,
I recently came across an announcement for an incredible composition
competition for SIX ORGANS (!!!!1one).
http://mmp.cm-cascais.pt/NR/rdonlyres/5BBEE22D-3C21-4996-AEFE-A2C0B2FAF9C9/12487/regulMCIngles2.pdf
The rules state that one can only use Sibelius or Finale. Thinking that this
was perhaps an oversight, I contacted the administrator to see if I could use
Lilypond, who replied:
***
Dear Sir
We can't accept another program. Only those referred in the contest rules.
***
I found this rather bizarre, making me think that:
(a) Sibelius and Finale are paying competitions to exclude other software
(unlikely)
(b) People are writing nonsensical rules (likely)
In either case, it makes me sad that I won't be able to write a work for SIX
ORGANS. My question is: what can we do, as a community, to overcome this type
of hurdle? Obviously, the more competitions/clients/whathaveyou that require
one to use a specific piece of software for music making makes LilyPond less
and less advantageous to use. So, is it appropriate for a representative from
the development team to contact competitions like this on the behalf of the
user community to signal non-understanding and/or outrage?
In the meantime, if anyone has six organs at their disposition, please let me
know and I will write a piece for you.
Cheers,
MS
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