Re: Citing Lilypond in a paper?

[David Kastrup]

ryanmichaelmcclure <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Thank you for your response. I have a few quick questions about this
> quickly:
>
> Who should I put as the creator of the software at the beginning? Would this
> be the way I should do it, in your opinion?
>
> CREATOR INFORMATION (2013). Lilypond (Version 2.17.29) [Software]. Available
> from http://lilypond.org/download.html
>
> Thank you for your help. My teacher isn't a huge stickler for MLA, but it's
> good to get practice before I find someone who is. :)

Well, LilyPond is a huge collaborative effort.  With regard to
attribution, it is common to explicitly credit the two original authors,
namely
Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Niewenhuizen, et al.

That makes more sense than a full list.

-- 
David Kastrup