[Freepats] Re: GPL for sound samples (if we use both licenses?)

[Roberto Gordo Saez]

On 4/21/06, Marcos Guglielmetti Gmail <marcospcmusica at gmail.com> wrote:
>         I was thinking about licenses, and I think that the sample & soundfonts
> makers could release a work with 2 (both) licences:
>
> 1) Public Domain licence
> 2) GPL+exception clause,

Wow, I'm not sure if this is possible. Normally you can put your work
in any number of different licenses that you want, but public domain
is a special case; when you put something into the public domain, you
"reject" to your copyright. It is something like saying: "I don't want
my work to be covered by copyright laws. It has no restrictions at
all.". Something like that. The GPL is based on the copyright law, and
because of that the work would need to be copyrighted and not
copyrighted at the same time...

>         First, I make a sample (like the Colombo drumkit) but I release it
> under a PD license, then I license it under GPL, what do you think?

Don't worry, just use the GPL+exeception. I think Mark will agree with
me in that the GPL+exception is the best for now, unless we find
another solution that pleases everybody.

I've just started some conversations to share my concerns about GPL
applied to music, but GPL+exception is still the "official" for
Freepats AFAIK.