> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:22:08 +0200 (CEST)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Do you think GMD-archive's license is less annoying?
>
> Music licensing has been discussed before, and I think we can agree on
> the fact that we disagree on it. Let me suffice with the following
>
> > In the same way I could imagine that the Musedata-owners do allow more
> > if they are asked for permission as they state in their general CR-clause.
>
> Of course they do, but that is not what I want. The Musedata-owners (I
> wrote to them) will only make exceptions on a person-by-person basis,
> meaning that whatever they allow me to do with the scores don't extend
> to those who download it off my homepage. I consider this unfair.
Hm. Some time ago they asked me whether I could use their data for
typesetting the music. So we discussed their restrictions. And I
didn't find it unfair. But maybe I do not remember correctly. Imho
they would allow to distribute printable music non-commercially e.g.
using GMD's archive if Musedata as the basic material is mentioned.
They wouldn't allow to convert it to e.g. PMX or MusiXTeX or Lilypond
if then that source is distributed.
> (and FWIW, I wasn't aware that there was a central GMD policy for
> licenses. The print on the webpage is rather small, and this license
> is not on all scores, I believe)
As usual it's the "Kleingedruckte" (small print)
I put this "license" there because some people started "stealing" editions
from GMD's archive and presenting it as appetizer on other servers.
Imho it should have been clear, that the editions presented on GMD's
archive are there for printing, non-commercial printing. Anything
else except for really private usage - like making changed editions -
should be discussed with the original editor. [And so I gave my
permission to use a part of my edition of Bach's Sonatas & Partitas
in a commercial context without royalties. It was only mentioned
that the source is http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/scores/]
-- Werner
