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gmlion wrote:That's the same reason source codes are often not released, so this argument doesn't apply here.

Agreed.

Jeremy, this is not against you, as you probably didn't mean only free of charge. I just want to clarify for other people, who might take free of charge to be the only point, which it is not. ... the "free of charge" request here is one of the restrictions that brings up another sever misu...

Ok, but what does it really mean? I agreed to the terms, but under what form? Posting on a forum and uploading a music? Don't you usually sign a contract when agreeing to something such as this? Pretty vague for me... All this licence thing seems to be very confused. I am not a copyright expert, so...

Depending on how you brought your score on paper to the computer, it might be some midi file and sound bank, it might though also be that the ogg files you submitted are the preferred form of modifications. Though it sounds strange, but often the latter seems to be the only way of compromise to mak...

I suppose the CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike) license would be the most practical license for composers who don't want to give any kind of source files, and the GPL would be the best for composers who give any kind of source files (scores, MIDI, sequencer source files, etc.). It i...

The first decision that will probably need to be made is if the music is going to be kept under the GPL or licensed under CC-BY-SA instead (or even possibly the more restrictive CC-BY-ND). If the music is kept the way it is (licensed under GPL), some kind of source files will need to be provided. Th...

This is an issue that has been stated several times before (mostly a couple of years ago). Battle for Wesnoth, including art and music, is licensed under the GPL (General Public Licence). Of course, the GPL is aimed at software, but one must interpret its meaning when used on music. The GPL requires...