On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 22:03 +0000, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar, 2005 at 04:51PM -0500, Lee Revell spake thus: > > On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 15:50 -0500, John Check wrote: > > > > One could also make the interpretation that circulating it within the > > > > development community constitutes "internal". > > > > However, Mark's original email didn't supply sufficient background > > > > WRT to the standards origin. Is there sufficient legal structure behind it? > > > > IOW is it from a corporate structure with resources to make trouble? > > > > > > In the tradition of replying to my own questions: > > > > > > whois soundfont.comRegistrant: > > > CREATIVE LABS, INC. (SOUNDFONT-DOM) > > > 1901 MCCARTHY BLVD > > > MILPITAS, CA 95035-7427 > > > US > > > > > > Domain Name: SOUNDFONT.COM > > > > > > Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: > > > Marketing, Internet (YTEYTUZMFI) > > > domainregadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Creative Labs, Inc. > > > 1901 McCarthy Blvd > > > Milpitas, CA 95035-7427 > > > US > > > 408-428-6600 > > > > > > DOH! > > > > > > > I don't think this is a problem. Creative has never come after anyone > > for making and distributing their own soundfonts. They seem to have > > taken a hands-off attitude towards open source. > > Well, they make it clear that the sf format is open. The problem is > that they seem to have a license for the actual *spec document* that > is at best vague and at worst restrictive. > > So, if we don't hear from them, we'll just have to pass the link to > the document around rather than the document itself. > > I have a link to it (along with other relevent stuff) at > http://dis-dot-dat.net/sfstuff/ > > Anyone with any other articles/software/libraries/whatever that would > be useful to list, please let me know. I suppose it's kind of like a > shared reference library. Yesm but there are many, many other standards (real standards, as ion ISO) implemented by open source software where the spec itself is not free. For example I don't even think the POSIX spec can be freely downloaded. Lee
