[linux-audio-dev] License for sounds

[Thomas Webb]

--- David Olofson <david at olofson.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 January 2004 10.31,
> will at malefactor.org wrote:
> [...]
> > 4) "Derived sounds?" Holy crap, what a can of
> worms /that/ is.

Actually, I think the solution is rather simple.
Basically, a patch for a synth can be thought of as a
"sound" in the sonic sense and a "patch" in the
software sense. The "sound" is public domain because
of the absurdities already discussed. Any sound made
by synths, closed or open source are almost always
public domain. However, the patch may be licensed as
you wish. The way I see it, either
A) There doesn't need to be a special license. You can
put the patch under any license and it will allow the
user to use the sound as they wish, but puts
restrictions/conditions if he/she wishes to
redistribute the sound.
or
B) A special license must be drafted to allow this.

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