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

[Urs Liska]

Am 29. Oktober 2019 00:04:06 MEZ schrieb David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>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.

This starts to get out of hands. The issue is of course not licensing music 
under the GPL. But that for some reason GPL is said to be unsuitable for a 
music-related *tool* like openLilyLib.

Urs

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