Re: [blag-devel] 90k: PersonalCopy-Lite-soundfont dependency…

jeff wrote:
> Fonts have editable source code though. I mean, you can open a font in a *text*
> editor and change it.
>
> This package contains 1 file: PCLite.sf2
>
> PCLite.sf2: RIFF (little-endian) data SoundFont/Bank
>
> It's quite similar to a .wav, in sum (basically a compilation of mini-wavs if I
> understand it correctly).
>
> I have contacted licensing@???. I don't know whether that means we get an
> answer in a day or a month or a year though.

Less than a month in this case. Thanks FSF. :)

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [gnu.org #363826] PersonalCopy-Lite-soundfont License
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:54:06 -0400
From: Brett Smith via RT <licensing@???>
Reply-To: licensing@???
To: moe@???

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 14:30 -0400, jeff via RT wrote:
> We're trying to figure out whether these midi soundfiles are "Non-functional
> Data"[1] and can be included in BLAG.

I believe that MIDI sound fonts do not qualify as information for
practical use. In a sense, they're just a collection of sounds. The
fact that they're not required to use MIDI and are interchangeable
strongly suggests that their purpose is mostly, if not entirely,
aesthetic rather than practical.

> Can this be included in BLAG?

I believe the license allows you to distribute it verbatim as part of a
GNU/Linux distribution, yes.

Best regards,

--
Brett Smith
Licensing Compliance Engineer, Free Software Foundation