On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Rudolf Polzer <divver...@alientrap.org> wrote:
> BTW: is it DFSG and GPL compliant to compose music using CC-BY released > samples? CC-BY does not require anything about the license of derived works > (only CC-BY-SA does). And can't the source requirement of the GPL be fulfilled > by providing the original samples and the info how to combine the work from > these samples (project file) - which however then are under CC-BY? The GPL wouldn't have anything to do with that situation AFAICT. I can't see why the result wouldn't be DFSG-compliant since you're providing the original samples and a build script. > Sorry, but I have NEVER heared any good sounding dynamically generated music, > or procedurally generated sounds. Sounds often are mixed from hundreds of > recorded samples from the same event (e.g. throwing a can on the ground). > Artists then tend to delete the single recordings, and do further improvement > based on the mixed recording. Hmmm, ok. > Also, the available free soundfonts (like freepats) are VERY poor quality. Does that also apply to the fluid soundfont? http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=fluid-soundfont >> Regarding textures, procedural generation has been done before and >> might be a good way to go. > > So basically you say - kick out all artists, and make a coder-only game? > Nobody > would want to LOOK at that. No. > Well, because of the source requirement, CC probably is not DFSG-free then? Not requiring source distribution doesn't mean a license is not DFSG-free, for example BSD-licensed software is DFSG-free. > One can clearly see that in the poor quality of the game screenshots. I assume you mean YoFrankie? They look fine to me. In any case they aren't using procedural textures. > In case you mean the site http://www.nexuiz.com/ - this deal was made without > consent of any of the developers and caused the developers to leave Alientrap. > But that is another issue. I did mean that site. Ah, OK. BTW: I'm subscribed, no need to CC. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/o2pe13a36b31004040335h168fab94i2a05bf2ce52cb...@mail.gmail.com