Have you looked at the Open Music green, yellow, red, and rainbow licenses? http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/ Jan On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 10:10, Mark Constable wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:29 am, Daniel James wrote: > > http://mondodesigno.com/music/pml.html > > > > For commercial use, you have to ask permission of the artist (this > > could be through a representative of course). It's then up to the > > artist if they want to charge a royalty or not. > > Thanks for the link but this doesn't cut the mustard for me... > > The licence doesn't prohibit music files being released on > CD compilations, or used in some other commercial context - > as long as the artist gives their consent, negotiating a > royalty where appropriate. In this age of email, it > shouldn't be difficult to track down the artist to ask them. > > No way, too hit and miss to make timely contact with the > copyright holder. I want a license that explicitly allows > royalty-free performance and redistribution of (my) material > under three conditions... > > . full attribution for the author/copyright holder > > . derivative works only under the same license (GPLish) > > . direct sale of the material has to be negotiated > > I'll take the punt that the unencumbered reproduction of my > material, as long as my name is associated with it, will more > than make up for any debased fiscal payment managed thru a > 3rd party that has nothing to do with myself or the listener. > > Think free advertising and near zero marketting costs ! > > It's very close to this license but with some specific mention > of royalty free performance and redistribution... > > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/ > > --markc >
