Re: Copyright issues

Date	1997-02-27 13:02
From	George Campbell
Subject	Re: Copyright issues
	> From owner-csound-outgoing@noether.ex.ac.uk Wed Feb 26 22:03 EST 1997 > Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 21:54:36 -0500 (EST) > From: Lawrence Troxler > To: csound@noether.ex.ac.uk > Subject: Copyright issues > > Following is the copyright from the MIT manual. Is this still the correct > copyright? If so, I interpret it to mean that I cannot make publicly > available, a modified source distribution (or un-modified, for that > matter), without getting permission from MIT. Also, it would seem to > prohibit use of Csound for commercial music-making, without permission. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Is this correct? I can't use any of this code in any project that I make > available? > > (also, shouldn't the source files have some sort of copyright notice in > them? This is very strange ...) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Permission to use, copy, or modify these programs and their > documentation for educational and research purposes only and > without fee is hereby granted, provided that this copyright and > permission notice appear on all copies and supporting > documentation. For any other uses of this software, in original > or modified form, including but not limited to distribution in > whole or in part, specific prior permission from M.I.T. must be > obtained. M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability > of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without > express or implied warranty. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- Larry Troxler -- lt@westnet.com -- Patterson, NY USA -- > I'm fairly certain that the copyright notice applies to the software itself, and not to any music produced with the software. If the restriction applied to the music made, that would also imply that vendors of word-processing software could own rights in material written with their software, compiler vendors could own rights in programs compiled with their compilers, etc. Unless you are delivering an executable that makes music, as opposed to a sound file, I don't think that the copyright notice applies. But I could be wrong. Any music making lawyers out there care to comment? George P. S. As far as the copyright notice in the source code files, the newest version of the Copyright law does not require that a notice be attached to the copyrighted material. Failure to include the notice may limit the amount of recoveries you can get if you sue for infringement, but leaving the copyright notice off does not imply that the material goes into the public domain. Material can only go immediately into the public domain if the original author explicitly says that he/she wants it placed into the public domain. Received: from stork2.maths.bath.ac.uk by omphalos.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa17454; 27 Feb 97 16:20 GMT Received: from goggins.bath.ac.uk by stork.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa21865; 27 Feb 97 16:20 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by goggins.bath.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:18:55 +0000 Received: from noether [144.173.8.10] by hermes via SMTP (QAA05327); Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:09:38 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by noether.maths.exeter.ac.uk; Thu, 27 Feb 97 16:09:26 GMT Received: from sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk [128.86.8.45] by hermes via SMTP (QAA04985); Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:06:45 GMT Received: from florence.pavilion.net by sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk with Internet SMTP (PP); Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:04:52 +0000 Received: from [194.242.131.60] (dialup0-60.pavilion.co.uk [194.242.131.60]) by florence.pavilion.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA19017 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:00:55 GMT Message-Id: <199702271600.QAA19017@florence.pavilion.net> X-Sender: hbyrne@mailhost.pavilion.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1992 16:01:57 +0000 To: csound@maths.ex.ac.uk From: Helen Byrne & Per Byrne Villez Subject: Re: Copyright issues Sender: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk Precedence: bulk It would be very interesting to see how many lawyers could spot what was composed/made on Csound and what wasn't. I suppose it would have to have that Csound kind of 'smell' about it. Per Byrne Villez >> >> Following is the copyright from the MIT manual. Is this still the correct >> copyright? If so, I interpret it to mean that I cannot make publicly >> available, a modified source distribution (or un-modified, for that >> matter), without getting permission from MIT. Also, it would seem to >> prohibit use of Csound for commercial music-making, without permission. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Received: from stork2.maths.bath.ac.uk by omphalos.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa18418; 27 Feb 97 23:16 GMT Received: from goggins.bath.ac.uk by stork.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa29323; 27 Feb 97 23:16 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by goggins.bath.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Thu, 27 Feb 1997 23:16:45 +0000 Received: from noether [144.173.8.10] by hermes via SMTP (XAA03502); Thu, 27 Feb 1997 23:13:27 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by noether.maths.exeter.ac.uk; Thu, 27 Feb 97 23:13:19 GMT Received: from ella.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by hermes via ESMTP (XAA03499); Thu, 27 Feb 1997 23:13:17 GMT Received: from localhost by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id PAA12377; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:11:58 -0800 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:11:57 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Berry To: csound list , soundhack@shoko.calarts.edu, grainwave list Subject: GrainWave 1.2.0 Release Announcement Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk Precedence: bulk I am announcing a new version of GrainWave. New to this version is direct-to-disk recording and input and output VU meters. The direct-to-disk feature is contingent upon registration, which is $30 US, but I am not terribly picky so if you send me something (music, nice email, etc...) I am likely to register you. If you are already registered, you will recieve your code via email. GrainWave is available through my website (listed below) or at: ftp://mills.edu/ccm/grainwave/GrainWave.hqx For those who are wondering, GrainWave is a real-time software synthesis system for Power Macs which does not require any special hardware. Please check it out and let me know what you think. Mike Berry mikeb@mills.edu http://www.mills.edu/PEOPLE/gr.pages/mikeb.public.html/mikeb.homepage.html Received: from stork2.maths.bath.ac.uk by omphalos.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa19223; 28 Feb 97 4:07 GMT Received: from goggins.bath.ac.uk by stork.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa03441; 28 Feb 97 4:07 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by goggins.bath.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:07:14 +0000 Received: from noether [144.173.8.10] by hermes via SMTP (EAA13540); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:01:58 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by noether.maths.exeter.ac.uk; Fri, 28 Feb 97 04:01:52 GMT Received: from root@discover-net.net [208.134.196.20] by hermes via ESMTP (EAA13537); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:01:51 GMT Received: from PC_hljmm.discover-net.net (max1-209.discover-net.net [208.134.205.209]) by discover.discover-net.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA21312 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 22:01:18 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: Priority: Normal To: Csound Mailing List Mime-Version: 1.0 From: Hans Mikelson Subject: My Csound Instrument Web Site Date: Thu, 27 Feb 97 21:57:28 PST Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; X-MAPIextension=".TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Thanks to all who offered suggestions on my instruments. I have put some of them up on my web site for those interested: http://discover-net.net/~hljmm/csound/ For you TB-303 fans I have a couple of instruments which use a distorting filter. It doesn't really sound that much like a TB but it does have a unique character. Have fun, \| \| \| \ \| / Hans P. Mikelson \| __ \| __/ \| \ \| hljmm@discover-net.net \|__ \|__ \|__ \|__ \_ \|__ http://discover-net.net/~hljmm/ Received: from stork2.maths.bath.ac.uk by omphalos.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa19295; 28 Feb 97 4:40 GMT Received: from goggins.bath.ac.uk by stork.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa03860; 28 Feb 97 4:40 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by goggins.bath.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:40:18 +0000 Received: from noether [144.173.8.10] by hermes via SMTP (EAA14681); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:34:24 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by noether.maths.exeter.ac.uk; Fri, 28 Feb 97 04:34:18 GMT Received: from root@discover-net.net [208.134.196.20] by hermes via ESMTP (EAA14669); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 04:34:17 GMT Received: from PC_hljmm.discover-net.net (max1-209.discover-net.net [208.134.205.209]) by discover.discover-net.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA23070 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 22:33:44 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: Priority: Normal To: Csound Mailing List Mime-Version: 1.0 From: Hans Mikelson Subject: Morpheus Filters Date: Thu, 27 Feb 97 22:29:50 PST Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; X-MAPIextension=".TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi All, It would be nice to have access in Csound to a set of filter coefficients which could be used to morph from one type of filter to another as you can on the Emu Morpheus and Ultraproteus synthesizers. Their ad states that they use a 14 pole filter which would amount to Yn, Yn-1, Yn-2,...Yn-14. One could start messing around with 6 pole filters. That would enable things like formant filters with three peaks. One could set up a series of vowels with these. An alta vista net search with the terms +"iir filter" +"cascade form" turned up some intersting links on filter design including: http://www.brokersys.com/~jmac/dsp/iir.html and http://svr-www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ajr/SpeechAnalysis/node37.html Configuring a filter in cascade form seems to be relatively straight forward. \| \| \| \ \| / Hans P. Mikelson \| __ \| __/ \| \ \| hljmm@discover-net.net \|__ \|__ \|__ \|__ \_ \|__ http://discover-net.net/~hljmm/ Received: from stork2.maths.bath.ac.uk by omphalos.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa19731; 28 Feb 97 8:21 GMT Received: from goggins.bath.ac.uk by stork.maths.Bath.AC.UK id aa06336; 28 Feb 97 8:21 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by goggins.bath.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:20:52 +0000 Received: from noether [144.173.8.10] by hermes via SMTP (IAA20216); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:16:36 GMT Received: from hermes.ex.ac.uk by noether.maths.exeter.ac.uk; Fri, 28 Feb 97 08:16:28 GMT Received: from nzambi.qub.ac.uk [143.117.14.23] by hermes via ESMTP (IAA20209); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:16:26 GMT Received: from beethoven.music.qub.ac.uk by Nzambi.qub.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:16:12 +0000 Received: from BEETHOVEN/SpoolDir by beethoven.music.qub.ac.uk (Mercury 1.21); 28 Feb 97 08:15:07 GMT0BST Received: from SpoolDir by BEETHOVEN (Mercury 1.30); 28 Feb 97 08:14:37 GMT0BST Received: from snd.dnet.co.uk by beethoven.music.qub.ac.uk (Mercury 1.30); 28 Feb 97 08:14:27 GMT0BST Comments: Authenticated sender is From: M.Alcorn@qub.ac.uk To: csound list Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:12:42 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: Morphing Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.52) Message-Id: <59003B5D25@beethoven.music.qub.ac.uk> Sender: owner-csound-outgoing@maths.ex.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Can anyone point me in the direction of technical books or papers on the subject of morphing audio signals? Thanks Michael Alcorn ___________________________________ Dr Michael Alcorn School of Music The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN