Hello all, It has come to my attention in a rather unfortunate chat that some artists do not use Vorbis (or FLAC) because they offer no standard way to put a license into it. In an age of Creative Commons and Copyright-awareness this is a valid concern, although I'm not sure how those artists work with MP3's ID3 in a standard way, considering all the hacks floating around.
Anyway, Ogg Metadata is so far vaporware, and I rather focus on the here and now. As such, I looked into Vorbis Comments and decided to create the standard tags that should be used for this purpose. Those will in theory work on all software, be it encoder or decoder, and will please the artists. This proposal posted on the XiphWiki is now open for discussion and may, or not, be endorsed by Xiph soon. ~*~ Straight from //wiki.xiph.org/index.php/LICENSE_and_COPYRIGHT_tags_on_Vorbis_Comments Currently, these may be used on Vorbis, Speex, FLAC, and Theora as these formats are compatible with the Vorbis Comments schema. Vorbis Comments is a simple tagging format, and not a metadata system, and is stored inside files. It may be compared with ID3, but in opposition to it, Vorbis Comments are a clear and coherent standard, and not a pile of hacks. Vorbis Comments are written in UPPER CASE. This proposal states two new tags, LICENSE and COPYRIGHT. The LICENSE tag must store an URI pointing to the relevant license documentation. Example: LICENSE=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The COPYRIGHT tag must store the name of the authoring person or entity. A date should not be stored here, as a DATE tag already exists. Example: COPYRIGHT=Xiph.Org Foundation ~*~ I would like to hear from those who agree and disagree with this proposal. -Ivo _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev
