Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

[David Kastrup]

Johan Vromans <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> That makes my "copyright" red flags go up. Can you check back with
>> Kirill and possible other authors under which conditions you are
>> allowed to "share"?
>
> The plug-in and the postprocessor are both GPL.
>
>> We'll likely also have to check the conditions for
>> distributing "Sibelius plugins" in general to see whether they can be
>> matched to basic free software distribution, in which case pointing at
>> those tools would be fine.
>
> A "Sibelius plug-in" is a just script written in a
> JavaScript/Basic/Pascal-like language. It doesn't contain anything
> Sibelius-related (e.g. modules, headers, or other code).

That sounds like we could at least link to it.  Since it requires
proprietary software for running, I don't think it makes sense to host
or even maintain it as part of LilyPond, but pointing to it should not
be a problem.

-- 
David Kastrup