Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

[Roland Goretzki]

Hello list, hello Edward,

You wrote:

> On Sunday March 21 2004 13:16, Roland Goretzki wrote:
> > Chris Sawer itself par example did typeset the music piece "Für Elise"
> > from L. v. Beethoven, and in the lilypond source file he marked the
> > source of the music piece with:
> >
> >     source = "Henle Urtext"
> 
> If Chris legally typeset the piece into public domain, he should have either 
> found it to be out of copyright, or have acquired permission to typeset it 
> into public domain. He would know what he found for why he typeset it; I 
> don't know what his reasoning would have been.
Please, don't misunderstand me:
I've had no doubt, that Chris would typeset legal, I just wanted to
give an example. :)

> I wouldn't know without asking Henle (the holder of the copyright
> right?), who could probably answer about any pieces of theirs you ask
> about.
In the mailing from Kilian this seems more easy,
and his reasons sound not bad.

Thanks and
Best Regards           Roland