On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 12:16:03PM +0100, Valentin Villenave wrote: > 2008/12/1 Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > This is why I started composing my own works, by the way. I was > > horrified when I discovered that, after spending six months > > learning how to play that beautiful music, I wouldn't be allowed > > to record myself playing it and put it on the internet. > > Interesting -- I take it you have, since then. Show us the tape! :-)
No, no; I haven't recorded it, let alone be willing to publish it. I practice what I term "civil obedience" -- instead of "civil disobediance", where one breaks laws one disagrees with, in my professional life I deliberately follow every technicality of copyright law. I research whether I'm allowed to use the Qt icons in my Qt applications, I cannot perform any 20th century music (apart from large groups like orchestras, for which I assume that they're big enough that if they didn't pay the composer they'd get sued), and I examine libraries and pick GPL'd or BSD'd software libraries based on what the license of the overall software will be. That last point may seem obvious, but I've encountered some academics who link to GPL code without making their main program open-source. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ Mutopia-discuss mailing list Mutopia-discuss@mutopiaproject.org http://lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com/mailman/listinfo/mutopia-discuss
