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Re: Reviving tablature-mode.el -- license issue?
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Philip Kaludercic |
Subject: |
Re: Reviving tablature-mode.el -- license issue? |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:09:45 +0000 |
Qiantan Hong <qhong@mit.edu> writes:
> I’ve been always wanting a good music notation software in Emacs.
> I just came across this
> https://gist.github.com/mjkramer/171ff6af9c66404a81e38d2015848903
> (for tab, not standard notation, but ok tab is much more suitable for plain
> text workflow anyway)
> It’s a package from 1993 and seems that it did lots of non trivial work,
> however there’s no license notice and I don’t know if it’s possible to pick
> up the development.
Doesn't it say:
;; This code is released into the public domain without any express or
implied
;; warranty. The author accepts no responsibility for any consequences
;; arising from its use.
;; This code may be distributed and modified in any way; however, please
;; retain notice of original authorship in this and any derivative work.
It might not suffice in court, but the author implies that any use is
ok.
> Do you have any idea? Do you find this package anywhere else with some
> license or
> anyone know the author?
I could only find copies of the same file on some other sites, but
nothing different. Maybe try contacting the author, on the chance that
the email address is still valid.
> Best,
> Qiantan
>
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Philip Kaludercic