[Freepats] Re: GPL for sound samples

[Roberto Gordo Saez]

On 4/13/06, Mark Constable <markc at renta.net> wrote:
> I could interpret the exemption to mean that because the
> final compostion can be otherwise licensed then that infers
> that whatever else is used to make up the compostion does
> not then also have to be GPL'd, including any software used,
> MIDI and other support files, nor any other samples.

So we were talking abut the same thing, with only a interpretation
difference :-) Good. If this is the correct meaning for the exemption,
then it is perfect for me.

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> Please shoot me down in flames if this does not make sense.

Wow, your explanation is interesting. I am with you. Your
interpretation is the one that I would agree with, but I've got
different conclusions when trying to understand the GPL applied to
samples.

I think the key here is that different people can take different
interpretations because terms used in the GPL does not exactly match
the ones used in music procedures. Hmmm... I wonder what
interpretation would give a lawyer... or better do something to "lock"
the interpretation in a unique way.