Re: Musicology with Lilypond (and now correct attachments ;-)

[David Kastrup]

Andrew Bernard <address@hidden> writes:

> I am finding this thread weird, sorry. There's a huge amount of help in the
> archives of this list in how to install and run openlilylib. A quick search
> would show that. It's a sort of FAQ.
>
> Also, lilypond is GPL, so does the following mean you are therefore not
> able to even use the program Karsten?
>
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 06:20, Karsten Reincke <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> a) It is licensed under GPL. I think this is not appropriate for music.
>> In a few days I will write a little article about this topic. But
>> without changing that license I cannot contribute to it.
>>
>> I fail to understand this. How can an open source licence not be
>> appropriate for music?

Do you really want to force everybody giving sheet music to somebody
else to accompany it with a written offer to the LilyPond source code?
Or otherwise be prohibited from distribution?

That's not really practical for most choir directors.

-- 
David Kastrup