[Freepats] Re: License For MIS/TMUE Samples

[Mark Constable]

On Saturday 03 June 2006 21:02, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:
> No news?

No, not on the issue of adding a reference to their web page.

> I would prefer to see this words on the webpage with the samples, or
> an accompanying readme file. Anyway, do you think this mail can be
> sufficient for us to consider the samples as free?

I think so, yes. He clearly indicates in the email statement that
the samples are Public Domain so that is *our* main concern.

> Sometimes an email response is used to clarify vague licenses. If you
> have a Debian system installed, take a look at this file:
> /usr/share/doc/makedev/copyright
> And also cdrecord, libldap2, cron, fbset...

Good, they are a comforting precedents.

> I wonder if the reply from Lawrence can be used as a valid license for
> our purposes. ???

For now I think this is as good as it will get... but I think it is
good enough not to hold us back from redistributing the samples.
 
 http://freepats.opensrc.org/samples/tmue/LICENSE

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 The Iowa Musical Instruments Samples are in the Public Domain and may 
 be used in any way that you wish without any restriction whatsoever.
    The above statement was made by Lawrence Fritts on 13 May 2006.
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Should we call them the IMIS samples ?

I currently have them in a /samples/tmue folder but I think I should
rename it to /samples/imis ?

--markc