On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:04:33 -0700 (PDT) Ken Arromdee wrote: > On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, Ben Finney wrote: > > Those licenses can apply to any software, not just programs. So, if > > the software is an audio work or picture, a software license like > > GPL or Expat can apply to it. > > Actually, there's one big problem. The GPL's "preferred form for > modification" clause. > > Unless the creators of the podcast directly edit the MP3--which is > rather unlikely--the MP3 is not the preferred form for modification > and putting the MP3 under GPL without releasing the raw audio files > grants no rights at all. GPLing video has a similar problem. In order to release the audio/video recording in a DFSG-free manner, they should release the source as well, as defined in the GNU GPL v2. Wonderful! That is a feature of the GPL, not a bug! Recipients should not be in a position of disadvantage with respect to original authors, or otherwise it's not really Free Software. -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/refresh-pubring.html Need to refresh your keyring in a piecewise fashion? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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