David Henningsson wrote:
S. Christian Collins skrev:
All sources are copyrighted one way or another. The question is under
what license terms you're allowed to use the source. I suggest you read
the license terms of the Creative/E-MU banks as well as any other free
bank you remember having taken samples from, to make sure you don't
violate those terms already.
That's the hard part. Most of these samples (including the ones
originally shipped with Creative sound cards) provide no information on
copyright. I've already checked the sample history to the best of my
ability, and I can find no indication that any of the samples in
GeneralUser are being used illegally. Now if I were to sell them, I'd
imagine it would be a different story. All that being said, most of the
samples in GeneralUser are either original or heavily modified, and
those that aren't original are usually buried under original programming
where they are no longer recognizable.
David Henningsson wrote:
For example, your soundfont has the following license condition: "Don't
take portions of GeneralUser GS and claim the work as your own."
Would you allow someone to take portions of GeneralUser GS, add some of
his own samples and publish it under another name - just as you did to
Creative, and possibly more people?
Part of this was in response to a trend years ago where some websites
were taking SoundFont banks, renaming them and selling them on their
site. Some SoundFont authors would also frequently take an existing GM
bank, change one or two instruments and then release it under a
different name, which I thought was kind-of cheap. I never felt that
GeneralUser was ripping off other banks, because even when I would
borrow samples, I would modify and change so many things that it
wouldn't resemble the original anymore.
David Henningsson wrote:
Last, some personal thoughts. Releasing some work under a "free" license
means passing through a mental barrier, at least for me. It means giving
up some rights that you have, and that is sometimes a difficult thing to
do. And things can go wrong and your work can take turns you did not
want to in the first place. But there are also chances, that your work
will become something greater and better than you could ever do
yourself. Often I'm willing to take that chance. Are you?
You know what? I am willing to take that chance. Ultimately, I want
the work I've done to have as much impact as it possibly can, and I
think that if it can be used alongside FluidSynth to make people's lives
easier, then I'm all for it. I will look into the different license
recommendations I've received and re-release GeneralUser GS under the
new license.
Thank you for your help :)
-~Chris
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