Re: registering a composition

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On 22/05/2020 13:26, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
> IIUC, CC licences aim to protect against others making money from
> your work.  How is "ASCAP not being happy" related to that?

> Unless I'm mistaken, LilyPond (GNU) and CC belong to the "eco-system"
> where sharing is the norm (to enhance the common cultural pool) while
> making it hard for "free-riders".  Using the tools offered by that alternate
> system, and then bow to the arguments of those who smear it seems a
> contradiction.
You're correct that GNU and CC belong to the eco-system where sharing is 
the norm, but NEITHER have any objection to others making making money 
(yes they do both object to free-riders).

CC has an *optional* clause that forbids commercial activity (I use it 
on my photos), and GNU forbids charging for THE SOFTWARE. But CC doesn't 
forbid commercial activity by default, and GNU permits charging for 
services, such as supplying the software, supporting the software, and 
anything like that.

Cheers,
Wol