Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-25 Thread Urs Liska
When the idea or selling point of a campaign is to provide a free edition it can be argued what that is needed for when there already _are_ good editions freely available. Then one should really find a good surplus over existing editions. This could for example be the possibility to make

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-25 Thread David Kastrup
Paul Tannous ptann...@hotmail.com writes: Shane: it would be more sensible to sell the .ly file at a higher cost. It is certainly the more valuable entity, both in terms of work in and future utility. After considering your comments, I and my team believe that we should offer the .ly files

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-25 Thread Simon Albrecht
You might check imslp.org, which often is a source for excellent engravings. I have no idea whether there is a scientifically approvable edition there. My thoughts referred in particular to the 19th century complete editions for example of Bach which combine unsurpassed typographical

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-25 Thread Urs Liska
That's similar to what we do with the Fried songs: we include the sources in all perks starting from a certain price. Urs David Kastrup d...@gnu.org schrieb am 25.03.2014: Paul Tannous ptann...@hotmail.com writes: Shane: it would be more sensible to sell the .ly file at a higher cost. It is

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-24 Thread Paul Tannous
Richard Shann wrote: Presumably someone will generate a set of PDFs and put them on IMSLP. And people who are not prepared to read the LilyPond sources - they just want the printed score - will get those, and would be wise to do so, since someone malicious could generate an altered version

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-24 Thread Paul Tannous
Urs Liska wrote: I recently made a similar suggestion with the Winterreise, and some commented it problematic to create new free editions of pieces that already exist in good free editions. Urs Urs, Do you recall why others found this to be problematic? Thanks, Paul T.

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-24 Thread Paul Tannous
it would be more sensible to sell the .ly file at a higher cost. It is certainly the more valuable entity, both in terms of work in and future utility. Shane On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Johan Vromans address@hidden wrote: Paul Tannous address@hidden writes: Anyone wanting a

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-24 Thread Paul Tannous
Mike Solomon wrote: Sounds like a great idea! Make sure to e-mail choir directors across the US to see what may interest them - even if they cannot contribute financially to the project, it will have more chances of success if you have concerts lined up to which donors can go, a

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-22 Thread Mike Solomon
On Mar 22, 2014, at 4:21 AM, Paul Tannous ptann...@hotmail.com wrote: Lilyponders, I am considering starting a Kickstarter project to engrave a major choral work in LilyPond that is in the public domain. The idea is to raise funds to pay for the LilyPond engraving, proofreading,

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-22 Thread Urs Liska
Am 22.03.2014 08:57, schrieb Mike Solomon: On Mar 22, 2014, at 4:21 AM, Paul Tannous ptann...@hotmail.com wrote: Lilyponders, I am considering starting a Kickstarter project to engrave a major choral work in LilyPond that is in the public domain. The idea is to raise funds to pay for the

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-22 Thread Johan Vromans
Paul Tannous ptann...@hotmail.com writes: Anyone wanting a printed copy, could download and install LilyPond if they didn't have it already. The idea would be to generate interest in LilyPond. That's a noble idea, but aren't you afraid that it will have the opposite effect and scare people

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-22 Thread Richard Shann
On Sat, 2014-03-22 at 03:21 +, Paul Tannous wrote: The LilyPond source would then be put into the public domain. Rather than make PDFs available, the LilyPond source could be put on a web site with the URL for LilyPond. Anyone wanting a printed copy, could download and install

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-22 Thread Shane Brandes
it would be more sensible to sell the .ly file at a higher cost. It is certainly the more valuable entity, both in terms of work in and future utility. Shane On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Johan Vromans jvrom...@squirrel.nl wrote: Paul Tannous ptann...@hotmail.com writes: Anyone wanting a

RE: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-22 Thread Chris Crossen
Urs Liska wrote: I recently made a similar suggestion with the Winterreise, and some commented it problematic to create new free editions of pieces that already exist in good free editions. Urs BTW: Did you see http://igg.me/at/free-fried? If you start a project, be sure and give the

Re: Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-22 Thread Urs Liska
Am 22.03.2014 19:23, schrieb Chris Crossen: Urs Liska wrote: I recently made a similar suggestion with the Winterreise, and some commented it problematic to create new free editions of pieces that already exist in good free editions. Urs BTW: Did you see http://igg.me/at/free-fried? If you

Generating Interest in LilyPond through Kickstarter

2014-03-21 Thread Paul Tannous
Lilyponders, I am considering starting a Kickstarter project to engrave a major choral work in LilyPond that is in the public domain. The idea is to raise funds to pay for the LilyPond engraving, proofreading, contributor premiums, etc. The LilyPond source would then be put into the public