Re: License of code posted to this list

[David Nalesnik]

Hi David.

On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:17 PM, David Bellows <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello all,

I have a big coding project that generates Lilypond files to be
processed by Lilypond in an external process. My software is GPL. I
make use of a couple of scripts that were produced on this list but
have not been uploaded to the LSR. They are significant enough that I
would consider them of concern when thinking about licensing issues.

I've contacted the authors in each of these cases asking them to add
license information to these scripts but so far I haven't heard back
from them.

OK, that's how these things go, but since things like this can come up
again I was wondering if anyone has a knowledgeable opinion on the
state of code posted to a mail list like this? Is it automatically
public domain and so I don't need any additional licensing from the
original authors?

Does it make a difference if the scripts were derived from code from the LSR?

Sorry about not contacting you sooner! 

I'm more than happy to let you use the "auto-ottava" code for your project.  By posting it on this forum I make it available to anybody who sees utility in it.  

My concern (and consequent hesitation in answering) is simply that, should I or someone else decide incorporate it in the LilyPond code base in the future, there would be no complication.

You mention that your software is Affero GPL.  Would this conflict in any way with LilyPond's license?

Best,

David