Re: [Hydrogen-devel] Hydrogen Drum Kits

[Alexandre D. <co...@al...>]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 03:03:46 +0100
"Rainer Steffen Hain" <rai...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi, at all.
> 
> Yes, GPL is designed for Software usually.
>  
> For the CC license: I just don't want to force users of my drumkit
> samples to name the original creator of the drumkit samples in each
> of their work. At least that's how I did understood the CC licenses.
>  
> However, since these samples are made from my own drumkit completely
> recorded and edited (cuts, fades, not fx) by myself, I really don't
> see any need to give any license to it, as I want the drumkit to be
> used completely free without any restrictions and without the need to
> name the original creator. To me it just doesn't make sense to be
> forced to name the original creator of drumkit samples in/at each
> song created by using these samples. So, I will publish this with my
> new created RSH-License, which says: just do with the drumkit samples
> whatever you want - except: destroying the solar system. ;) Thanks
> 
> Rainer Steffen Hain
>  

Hi,

Writing your own license may be clumsy, and it may be void or at least
not accepted by linux distros if it is not clear it is valid. You'd
better use an existing license.

It looks like what you are looking for is the CC0 license:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

-a.