Re: License bugs for sarge

2004-01-27 Thread Raphael Goulais
Le mar 27/01/2004 à 04:49, Nathanael Nerode a écrit : > 228085: airstrike > -- unhelpful upstream, will probably need to be removed from sid I don't know about unhelpful upstream, but I'm the one who filled the five bug reports on airstrike, this one included. Five newer upstream releases are ava

[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: Musical files and chords]]

2004-01-21 Thread Raphael Goulais
Hi all, Here is a mail I received from mma's upstream. He provides a link to a page giving good information on public domain musics, and how to identify them. I found the explanation useful, and have be referenced somewhere (like the archives of this list). Raphael -Message transféré- >

Re: Musical files and chords

2004-01-20 Thread Raphael Goulais
Le mar 20/01/2004 à 21:33, Jakob Bohm a écrit : > In the widely used Danish songbook "555 Sange" (555 songs), the > preface to the Second Edition reads in its entirety > (translated): Thanks a lot for this additional information :) Raphael

Re: Musical files and chords

2004-01-20 Thread Raphael Goulais
Hi, mma's upstream decided to provide the most generic files with the program, and to provided the others on his site, with a mention in the README file. I think this is quite good. Thanks for your help on this case, Raphael

Re: Musical files and chords

2004-01-16 Thread Raphael Goulais
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 19:27, Henning Makholm wrote: > I don't think so. If the chord sequence is not protected by copyright > in itself, it does not magically become protected by your telling what > it is. If you provide the arrangement under the name of the song ? This can be considered as deriva

Re: Musical files and chords

2004-01-16 Thread Raphael Goulais
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 15:53, Henning Makholm wrote: > I don't think there is a single answer to this which holds in > general. Many popular tunes work with chord sequences that are so > generic and nondescript that it would be ridiculous to claim a > copyright on them. For example, something such a

Musical files and chords

2004-01-16 Thread Raphael Goulais
Hi all, I made an ITP for a software named mma. This one generates musical accompaniment based on chords. The generated files are midi files. The upstream does provides examples, based on music that are not free. He thinks that distributing chords, and not melody, is legal. I tried to find some r