Licence compliance with GFDL audio recordings?

Carsten Agger agger at c.dk
Wed Apr 23 15:13:38 UTC 2008


> "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams at gnu.org> wrote: [...]
>> The GPL was designed for software, audio isn't software, a suitable
>> license free audio license would be be a verbatim only, or a all
>> permissive one.
>
> Audio recordings can be software, and definitely Programs in the sense
> of the GPL, but I'd suggest an all-permissive licence is simpler too.
>
Creative Commons licenses (of several descriptions) are also widely used
for audio recordings, of course. If in doubt, it should be easy to
propagate the license terms as part of the recording (by referring, that
is, not by including everything).



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