Hi Sam, interesting that you raise this point, I've had a mail composed and sitting in my drafts on a related topic. I'll send that on separately.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Sam Whited <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all: > > Does anyone here know of any dances that are licensed under an open > (free as in freedom) license or have fallen into the public domain (it's > hard to find dates for a lot of older dances)? > > I'm already using a few of Seth Tepfer's dances which are licensed under > a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0) license [1] (Thanks Seth; I owe you a > beer or something!) and wondered if anyone else had licensed their > dances in a similar fashion? > > I know that most callers don't mind if people include their dances in > non-commercial teaching materials or call them at dances (implicit CC > licensing is sort of ingrained in the culture), but I'd like to stick > with things that are verifiably in the public domain or have explicitly > been released under a CC or similar license. > > These would be used as example dances in the typesetting project that I > mentioned recently (which will hopefully be published sometime next week). > > Thanks, > Sam > > P.S. I always wonder why more callers don't do this; lack of knowledge > that such things exist? > P.P.S. As a matter of public record: All of my dances are _always_ > released under CC BY-NC 3.0 license unless otherwise marked or stated. I > also waive the noncommercial restriction for the purpose of calling them > at a dance. > > > [1]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > > -- > Sam Whited > pub 4096R/EC2C9934 > https://samwhited.com/contact > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >
