<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Robert Vogel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vogel@ct.metrocast.net" target="_blank">vogel@ct.metrocast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I uploaded a new version of Gmorgan (0.75) to Sourceforge tonight.
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Revised documentation for this version. Find it in the doc folder as
a pdf or an odt file.
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The display is lighter, so it works on my laptop now.
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Added a print function to the Sequencer screen.
It doesn't print. It writes a lilypond file,
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so you have to install lilypond, and
execute "lilypond <a href="http://filename.ly" target="_blank">filename.ly</a>". It doesn't
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do repeat marks, but, aside from that it should be ok. See lilypond
documentation
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if you have any problems with it.
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Added block chords to harmony choices.
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Did some static checking and cleanup.
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<b><big>===== Problem ==========</big></b><br>
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I have removed sample songs that were formerly included.<br>
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Since this is free software, it would be silly for me to take great
risks delivering it.<br>
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I could use some advice, especially if you are knowledgeable about
copy write law.<br>
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There are at least a couple of web sites that offer more or less
complete songbooks with their<br>
software:<br>
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They have done this free for years without apparent problems.<br>
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See, for example: <a href="http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/examples/examples.html" target="_blank">http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/examples/examples.html</a><br>
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or, even better, see impro-visor's imaginary book.<br>
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<a href="https://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Ekeller/jazz/improvisor/ImaginaryBookIndex.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/ImaginaryBookIndex.html" target="_blank">https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/ImaginaryBookIndex.html</a><br>
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There is a conversion program in this tarball that converts from
impro-visor songs to<br>
gmorgan. I have done the conversion, made modifications that improve
them (for my ear anyway),<br>
and would like to include them, but it is not worth it to me to get
in trouble with the law. <br>
So how can I make this legal ?<br>
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Write me if you have ideas about this.<br>
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Bob<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The distributed example files for MMA do not contain any melodies (expect for some intros which I wrote myself). The files are just chord info which create nice accomp. tracks. Up to the user to supply melody. So, I don't think I'm stomping on any copyrights.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It's my understanding that you can't copyright a chord sequence. But, in this crazy world ... who knows. And when I get an official letter I'll pull what I have and crawl into a hole :)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">But, I'd be worries about posting real song sheets. Even though I do put up arrangements for my beginner concert band. I figure that those are arrangements copyrighted by me.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Honestly, I'm not a lawyer. And I don't know shit about any of this.<br></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**** Listen to my FREE CD at <a href="http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars" target="_blank">http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars</a> ****<br>Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **<br>EMAIL: <a href="mailto:bob@mellowood.ca" target="_blank">bob@mellowood.ca</a><br>WWW: <a href="http://www.mellowood.ca" target="_blank">http://www.mellowood.ca</a></div>
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