Re: engraving comparisons and other "promotional" materials

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/12/5 Ryan McClure <address@hidden>:
> A quick question--sorry to clog the mailling list--but what are the rules
> concerning copyright with this sort of thing? Would all works have to be
> public domain/approved by the copyright holder?

I have explicit permission from the author of "Eja, Mater" Finale
engraving for using it in this comparison.  As for the other
materials, they are short fragments and "fair use" (or
"critical/scholarly purposes") laws should apply.


2013/12/6 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Shane Brandes <address@hidden> writes:
>> The U.S. has the concept of fair use see 17 U.S.C. § 107
>
> But we want LilyPond to be distributable in more than just the U.S.A.

Who said that i want to make these comparisons part of LilyPond
itself?  I'm talking about creating a library of resources related to
lilypond, but they don't have to be in the lilypond itself.


2013/12/6 Carl Peterson <address@hidden>:
> In particular, I would say that anything used should be incontrovertibly in
> the public domain (i.e., the older, the better).

This is just impossible with comparisons like these ones - the
finale/sibelius engravings cannot be old enough to be in public
domain.

best,
Janek