Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-05 Thread Terry Hancock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:51:11AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: >>Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>So, the soundfont license needs to be very permissive, but I don't think >>>there should be any concern about the tool used to create it. >> >>The license of the s

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 06:20:27PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 03:41:29PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > Although I would agree with that, the main matter here is not whether > > > this WAV file would be appropriate fo

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-04 Thread cascardo
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 03:41:29PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > Although I would agree with that, the main matter here is not whether > > this WAV file would be appropriate for main or contrib, but whether it > > is distributable at all, since the GPLv2 requires complete source code, > > which

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 02:05:58PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:51:11AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > > Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > IMHO, the license of the sequencing software you used is completely >

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-04 Thread cascardo
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:51:11AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMHO, the license of the sequencing software you used is completely > > irrelevant. You USE a toolchain when you create with it, you don't > > DERIVE from it (the exception being things lik

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-04 Thread Walter Landry
Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO, the license of the sequencing software you used is completely > irrelevant. You USE a toolchain when you create with it, you don't > DERIVE from it (the exception being things like libraries -- or > soundfonts -- that get incorporated into the result

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-02 Thread Terry Hancock
Andrew Sidwell wrote: > I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear. That last paragraph was meant to > indicate WAV files which were derived from MIDI files via use of > non-free soundfonts, not the original MIDI file itself. The DFSG would require that the soundfont license be "DFSG free" in order fo

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-02 Thread Andrew Sidwell
Michael Pobega wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 12:40:25PM +0100, Andrew Sidwell wrote: >> If someone releases a song in MIDI form under the GPLv2, and I use >> non-GPL'd tools (e.g. a shareware licence) and royalty-free instrumental >> samples to produce a high-quality WAV version of the original

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-02 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 12:40:25PM +0100, Andrew Sidwell wrote: > If someone releases a song in MIDI form under the GPLv2, and I use > non-GPL'd tools (e.g. a shareware licence) and royalty-free instrumental > samples to produce a high-quality WAV vers

The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-02 Thread Andrew Sidwell
I have a question somewhat related to something mentioned here a short while ago. If someone releases a song in MIDI form under the GPLv2, and I use non-GPL'd tools (e.g. a shareware licence) and royalty-free instrumental samples to produce a high-quality WAV version of the original MIDI, can I le