Re: [lojban] Open-source music.

[Felipe Gonçalves Assis <felipeg.assis@gmail.com>]

On 21 March 2012 12:38, gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a short question.
> As Lojban is "open-source" I'd prefer having lojbanic lyrics for music that
> is open-source as well.
>

I don't get the point. Natural languages have no copyright. You mean you'd
prefer lojbanic lyrics as opposed to lyrics in a copyrighted
artificial language?

> So does open-source music exist after all ?
> Is folk music open-source (in the sense you may copy, distribute, perform it
> or modify) ?

No copyright applies to folk music, obviously. Old works are copyright free
as well. There is open source music produced nowadays, see for example
http://repo.or.cz/w/opera_libre.git/
http://valentin.villenave.net/opera

mu'o
mi'e .asiz.

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