Re: [Bug-freedink] Sound + Music replacement

[beuc]

Hi,

On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 06:35:02PM +0530, DIGVIJAY SINGH wrote:
> Hi,
> As I go on an adventure to find "free" music, I will be posting
> queries/doubts in this email chain. I will be needing your help to work my
> way around licenses.
> 
> About the music track:
> lovin.mid (Kernsin parade)
> Sequence: Lovin' / GACHOPIN
> 
> I am trying to contact the create to ask him to release that audio track as
> Youtube CC-BY, and perhaps email it to me. Will that be enough?

Actually I see that gachopin already uploaded this song under CC-BY,
this is new (end-2012) and this is good news :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLR6RFybiTg

We can ask if this extends to the MIDI file, or we can use the MP3
file directly.

> In case he would like to release it only for free dink, is there a way to
> construct a license for that ( which simply gives permissio to use freely
> with the GNU freedink project)?

Nope.  GNU FreeDink uses freely-licensed media, we couldn't use
something that is specific to FreeDink.  This would hurt the project
philosophy and be blocked in GNU/Linux distros.

Cheers!
Sylvain