>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Stutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> With this new Open Audio License, the EFF organization is
Michael> effectively promoting an alternative that is incompatible
Michael> with the more robust solutions that are already
Michael> available. The artists and designers who have been
Michael> copylefting or otherwise freeing their work long before
Michael> anyone ever spoke of "open content" are not even linked
Michael> to or acknowledged in the EFF's IP resource links section
Michael> -- making this seem, from my perspective, more like a
Michael> political move whose intent is unclear or even dubious.
I don't want to speculate on anyone's motives. But I agree that at
first glance it looks pretty useless for my purposes. I publish
GPL'd editions of out-of-copyright music, and occasionally put up an
MP3 of a performance by me or my friends. I think the GPL works OK
for my publishing, because although it ignores things like performance
rights, those aren't really an issue for the music I'm dealing with.
I suppose I could use the (O) license on the MP3's, since all I really
care about is that the artists get credit for any reproduction, but on
the music publishing, I really need something that would keep it open
source.
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Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://www.laymusic.org : Putting live music back in the living room.
