Elie Roux <[email protected]> writes: > It seems reasonable... there is only one thing that I'm still waiting > for, about the licenses. There can be a different license (and > copyright) for these three different things: > > * the melody > * the transcription in square notation > * the gabc file > > The only doubt I have is that I'm not sure the second and third can be > different (but I think they can). Do you think we should have a license > field for all these things? I personally think so...
I think you are right, that there can easily be up to 3 copyrights. But I am not sure that all of them should be noted in the gabc. The last, the copyright in the gabc transcription, should be. But the others relate to the source, rather than the gabc. This can be complex and also vary from one jurisdiction to another. So I should prefer either (i) omit the source licence(s), and leave the reader to look at the source, and consult their local laws; or at most (ii) add one more licence, for use mainly when the transcriber is also an arranger, and the content of the gabc has some genuine originality. It seems right that the gabc transcriber should include licence(s) when (s)he can do so as copyright holder, but not otherwise. If I transcribe a melody from, say, the Antiphonale Monasticum (1934), then I don't want to suggest I am offering a legal indemnification that it is public domain by describing it so (even though I think it is, at least in this country). My proposal would be: gabc-license [replaces license] This license is the copyright license of the gabc, as chosen by the person named in the transcriber field. It is only a brief description, such as `public domain', `CC-by-sa'; a separate text file will be necessary for the complete legal license. source-license [+] This license is the copyright license of the source book (or manuscript) from which the gabc was transcribed. Like the gabc-license, it is only a brief description. In unclear or complex cases it may be omitted; it is most suitable for use when the transcriber is the licensor of the source as well. But I don't feel very confident about these, and I certainly should follow what you suggest if you thought 3 license fields necessary. -- David Stone _______________________________________________ Gregorio-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/gregorio-devel
