Trance/Club version of the Free Software Song released
Marti van Lin
I've released a instrumental version of the Free Software Song,
Including a couple of Richard M. Stallman (RMS) samples from various
interviews and the lyrics of the song quoted by Text To Speech technology.
It is strictly distributed in the Free Ogg-Vorbis file format under the
GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPLv3).
You can listen to/download and read all about it from here:
http://osgeex.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-software-song-instrumental.html
Enjoy and share ;-)
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Tim Smith
Marti van Lin <ml2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've released a instrumental version of the Free Software Song,
> Including a couple of Richard M. Stallman (RMS) samples from various
> interviews and the lyrics of the song quoted by Text To Speech technology.
>
> It is strictly distributed in the Free Ogg-Vorbis file format under the
> GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPLv3).
Using GPL (any version) for music raises issues over source code. If I
give a copy of the recording to someone else, I'm obligated to supply
source, or give them an offer of source. But what is source for music?
The score? Copies of the separate tracks from before mixing?
The FSF says the GPL is for code. That's why they don't use GPL on, say,
documentation. You should consider using a license such as one of the
Creative Commons licenses, that works reasonably with music.
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Joe Fineman
> You can listen to/download and read all about it from here:
>
> http://osgeex.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-software-song-instrumental.html
I clicked on "Listen here", but none of the alternatives offered (by
Conkeror) allowed me to do so.
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Ciaran O'Riordan
...and other things.
They use it for graphics:
http://www.gnu.org/graphics/meditate.html
And I think Richard has said the GPL is a fine licence for documentation.
They also say:
The GNU GPL can be used for general data which is not software, as
long as one can determine what the definition of “source code” refers
to in the particular case.
From here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OtherLicenses
And, as we all know, by "source code", they mean a "preferred form of the
work for making modifications to it".
The definition of "source code" for music is certainly unclear, but then I
wonder what someone should do if they want to allow people to link their
music into some software (such as a game). Maybe dual-licensing GPL plus
cc-by-sa is the right thing to do?
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Marti van Lin
> Tim Smith <reply_i...@mouse-potato.com> writes:
>> The FSF says the GPL is for code.
>
> ...and other things.
>
> They use it for graphics:
> http://www.gnu.org/graphics/meditate.html
>
> And I think Richard has said the GPL is a fine licence for documentation.
>
> They also say:
>
> The GNU GPL can be used for general data which is not software, as
> long as one can determine what the definition of “source code” refers
> to in the particular case.
>
> From here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OtherLicenses
>
> And, as we all know, by "source code", they mean a "preferred form of the
> work for making modifications to it".
>
> The definition of "source code" for music is certainly unclear, but then I
> wonder what someone should do if they want to allow people to link their
> music into some software (such as a game). Maybe dual-licensing GPL plus
> cc-by-sa is the right thing to do?
The "Source Code" in this case is the Impulse Tracker (IT) file, which
will also be published.
If you look at The Free Software Song page:
http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html
You'll notice that I am not the only one publishing a version of The
Free Software Song under GPLv3.
HTH.
Tim Smith
>
> http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html
>
> You'll notice that I am not the only one publishing a version of The
> Free Software Song under GPLv3.
Note, however, that version is an improvised piano version, so it is
arguable that the preferred form of the work for modifying it is the
recording itself. In other words, that is arguable being distributed in
source form.
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Marti van Lin
> Marti van Lin <ml2...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> You can listen to/download and read all about it from here:
>>
>> http://osgeex.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-software-song-instrumental.html
>
> I clicked on "Listen here", but none of the alternatives offered (by
> Conkeror) allowed me to do so.
Hi Joe,
I tested it on Links (on a X-less outdated Debian GNU/Linux Lenny box)
and with Conkeror on my Ubuntu Karmic Koala box.
After klicking on the link, I choose Save and you are correct. The
didn't work.
I tried it again and in case of Save I'd choose Open. Conkeror prompts
you for the shell command to execute. I typed amarok and the file was
played.
I think it's a bug in Conkeror, not in my link.
HTH.
Joe Fineman
> Joe Fineman wrote:
>> Marti van Lin <ml2...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> You can listen to/download and read all about it from here:
>>>
>>> http://osgeex.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-software-song-instrumental.html
>>
>> I clicked on "Listen here", but none of the alternatives offered
>> (by Conkeror) allowed me to do so.
>
> I tested it on Links (on a X-less outdated Debian GNU/Linux Lenny
> box) and with Conkeror on my Ubuntu Karmic Koala box.
>
> After klicking on the link, I choose Save and you are correct. The
> didn't work.
>
> I tried it again and in case of Save I'd choose Open. Conkeror
> prompts you for the shell command to execute. I typed amarok and the
> file was played.
I typed amarok and the file was downloaded but not played. So it
goes. %^)
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Joe Fineman
> Joe Fineman wrote:
>> Marti van Lin <ml2...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> You can listen to/download and read all about it from here:
>>>
>>> http://osgeex.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-software-song-instrumental.html
>>
>> I clicked on "Listen here", but none of the alternatives offered
>> (by Conkeror) allowed me to do so.
>
> I tested it on Links (on a X-less outdated Debian GNU/Linux Lenny
> box) and with Conkeror on my Ubuntu Karmic Koala box.
>
> After klicking on the link, I choose Save and you are correct. The
> didn't work.
>
> I tried it again and in case of Save I'd choose Open. Conkeror
> prompts you for the shell command to execute. I typed amarok and the
> file was played.
I typed amarok and the file was downloaded but not played. So it
goes. %^)
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||: Whatever actually gets done has won a baloney contest. :||