24 Feb
2008
24 Feb
'08
8:16 a.m.
On Sunday 24 February 2008 03:19:24 Rob wrote:
On Saturday 23 February 2008 20:32, Ken Restivo wrote:
I would like to see us solve that one too.
It's great that Creative Commons put together
such a
well-thought-out palette of options to choose from; there's a
license to suit all kinds of goals, tastes, and preferences. It's
very flexible.
Yet they still don't have the kind of license that I'm looking for: one directly analogous to the GPL, but for music; one
where, while
anyone can use your work for any purpose, derivative works must not
only be licensed under the same license, but have their source
materials (unmixed master recordings, sequencer files, video files,
whatever it takes to "build" the final derivative work) available
under that license as well.
I am working with a group of people now who may be going that direction in our
practise though. Ken is one of the group as well:
http://lau-cb.peterlutek.com/
The Linux Audio Users Chillout Band
On-line virtual band/composer song creation
We have been putting up tracks. Now putting up ardour projects. Some are
putting up midi files, I have seen some chord files, but I just looked and
they seem to be gone? and lyrics are posted as well.
Do those of us using BY-SA have a chance of making it the social norm even if
it is not in the license?
This will bring up the need for Free / standard formats, Free toolchains, etc.
I don't think I'll ever see one like that in mainstream use the way
the CC licenses are now, but it sure would go a long way toward
creating the same kind of spirit in the music community that the GPL
did (over the course of about 20 years) in the software community. At
least nowadays most people have, or should soon have, the bandwidth
necessary to make something like that practical.
Working in the RPM08 challenge project with these guys this month has been an
education so far. Both in what is currently possible and in needed
improvements.
Rob
all the best,
drew