Open-Source Bach; Copyright-Free Goldbergs

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 19, 2011 @08:44AM from the good-brain-music dept.

rDouglass writes "An open source music notation software (MuseScore) and an award winning pianist (Kimiko Ishizaka) are raising money to create a new score and a new recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. They will release both works to the public domain (copyright-free) using the Creative Commons Zero tool. This bypasses usual copyright protections that are given to each published edition of the score and each individual recording of the piece, and addresses a gap in the availability of free (gratis/libre) versions of the work. MuseScore scores are XML based and are thus like the source code for music. They can also be embedded into websites and linked with YouTube videos, creating rich multimedia experiences. The Kickstarter project has begun recently and $4,000 has been raised."

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Innovate! by ggramm · 2011-03-19 08:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This is the same thing as usually with open source projects. I really don't get why open source programmers don't innovate and create something new. I mean, the most popular open source games are bad clones of commercial products. FreeCiv is a perfect example. On top of that the shooter games are all based on ID's engines that are many years old.

All this while open source projects would be the perfect place to really shine with innovation and with something new. Why just copy, why not create something new?