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| From: | address@hidden |
| Subject: | Lilypond lobbying? |
| Date: | Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:01:32 +0200 |
| Hey all, I recently came across an announcement for an incredible composition competition for SIX ORGANS (!!!!1one). The rules state that one can only use Sibelius or Finale. Thinking that this was perhaps an oversight, I contacted the administrator to see if I could use Lilypond, who replied: *** Dear Sir We can't accept another program. Only those referred in the contest rules. *** I found this rather bizarre, making me think that: (a) Sibelius and Finale are paying competitions to exclude other software (unlikely) (b) People are writing nonsensical rules (likely) In either case, it makes me sad that I won't be able to write a work for SIX ORGANS. My question is: what can we do, as a community, to overcome this type of hurdle? Obviously, the more competitions/clients/whathaveyou that require one to use a specific piece of software for music making makes LilyPond less and less advantageous to use. So, is it appropriate for a representative from the development team to contact competitions like this on the behalf of the user community to signal non-understanding and/or outrage? In the meantime, if anyone has six organs at their disposition, please let me know and I will write a piece for you. Cheers, MS |
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