Re: Distribution of media content together with GPLv2 code in one package?
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Rudolf Polzer <divVerent@alientrap.org> wrote:
> BTW: is it DFSG and GPL compliant to compose music using CC-BY released
> samples? CC-BY does not require anything about the license of derived works
> (only CC-BY-SA does). And can't the source requirement of the GPL be fulfilled
> by providing the original samples and the info how to combine the work from
> these samples (project file) - which however then are under CC-BY?
The GPL wouldn't have anything to do with that situation AFAICT. I
can't see why the result wouldn't be DFSG-compliant since you're
providing the original samples and a build script.
> Sorry, but I have NEVER heared any good sounding dynamically generated music,
> or procedurally generated sounds. Sounds often are mixed from hundreds of
> recorded samples from the same event (e.g. throwing a can on the ground).
> Artists then tend to delete the single recordings, and do further improvement
> based on the mixed recording.
Hmmm, ok.
> Also, the available free soundfonts (like freepats) are VERY poor quality.
Does that also apply to the fluid soundfont?
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=fluid-soundfont
>> Regarding textures, procedural generation has been done before and
>> might be a good way to go.
>
> So basically you say - kick out all artists, and make a coder-only game? Nobody
> would want to LOOK at that.
No.
> Well, because of the source requirement, CC probably is not DFSG-free then?
Not requiring source distribution doesn't mean a license is not
DFSG-free, for example BSD-licensed software is DFSG-free.
> One can clearly see that in the poor quality of the game screenshots.
I assume you mean YoFrankie? They look fine to me. In any case they
aren't using procedural textures.
> In case you mean the site http://www.nexuiz.com/ - this deal was made without
> consent of any of the developers and caused the developers to leave Alientrap.
> But that is another issue.
I did mean that site. Ah, OK.
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pabs
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