[cc-community] Net Band "Packet-In" releases CC BY-SA licensed album

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Tue Mar 18 15:36:47 EDT 2008


Packet-In, formerly LAU-CB (Linux-Audio-User Chillout Band): May be the first 
ever attempt at duplicating Free Software in the Music realm. They are making 
Libre Music with Libre Software and aim at providing sources.

They recently succeeded in releasing their first full length album and 
submitting it for the RPM Challenge.

http://packet-in.org.nyud.net/wiki/index.php?title=RPM08_Final_Tracks
http://www.rpmchallenge.com/component/option,com_comprofiler/task,userProfile/user,2958/Itemid,296/

A few people from across the globe contributed individual tracks which are 
released under the CC by SA license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/

This means that if you like the drum track (or any other part) for a song, you 
can go online and download it and re-use it for another creation as long as 
you make the proper attribution and use the same license on the resultant 
work. We encourage anyone doing so to also make "the parts" available to the 
world as we do.

Also, the only software used in making each track was Linux running free/open 
source software. After the album release the collaboration noted their 
thoughts about the process for possible use in similar future endeavors.

http://packet-in.org.nyud.net/wiki/index.php?title=RPM_08_Thoughts_and_Concerns

Can this collaborative, Free (libre) approach mark a new horizon for the 
future of music?

Soon we will have up complete multi track ardour project files for each song 
on the album. This will allow for flexible remixing and even rerecording of 
the songs.


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