There are almost as many contributors as there are files, and I can't
imagine any one of them getting bent out of shape in this case.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 6:48 PM Ted Felix <t...@tedfelix.com> wrote:

>    I really don't think anyone is going to come after you for using
> those.  After all, they are based on copywritten (what *is* the past
> tense of "to copyright"?) documents (the keyboard user manuals) based on
> patented and trademarked equipment (the keyboards themselves).  I
> suspect the status of all of that is kind of up in the air
> copyright-wise.  But I guarantee you the manufacturer's want those
> config files to be available and shared so they can sell keyboards.
>
>    A link to the collection on SourceForge would definitely be ok:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/rosegarden/git/ci/master/tree/data/library/
>
>    What anyone does with that is not your problem.
>
>    I have no problem with it.  But I cannot speak directly for anyone
> else who has worked on those files.
>
> Ted.
>
> On 1/23/23 5:44 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
> > Rosegarden Developers:
> >
> > I am writing an article about using my software product, the KeyMusician
> > Keyboard
> > <mailbox:///home/aere/.thunderbird/ox4j7zee.default/Mail/
> keymusician.com/Sent?number=9549&part=1.2.2>, which is accessible to the
> blind, to unlock the use of synthesizers depending on their LCD screens
> (which because of that, are not accessible to the blind).
> >
> > One of the things that will be very helpful for this article, would be
> > to distribute a zipped-archive of the contents of the
> > "~/.local/share/rosegarden/library" folder, which contains the presets
> > for over 200 synthesizers, two of which I contributed.
> >
> > I wrote the KeyMusician Keyboard to be compatible with these synthesizer
> > definition (presets) files, so readers of the article could easily make
> > use of them.
> >
> > I realize these are under the GPL public license, which allows
> > distribution using that license, but I want to check if that
> > distribution is okay with you, as well.
> >
> > I use, and like Rosegarden, and document its use with the KeyMusician
> > Keyboard, but it does not appear to be accessible to the blind (using
> > screen-readers), and as with any sequence editor or digital-audio
> > workstation, that would be challenging to do.
> >
> > I will be happy to submit the article I write for your review, to this
> > list, if you would like.
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Aere Greenway
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > Aere
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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