04-02-2017, 08:15 PM
Quote:If it's simply down to interpretation then yours is no more valid than mine
Yep, precisely my point. Ultimately it's up to courts to decide how to interpret a license, which of course will vary between countries. (For example, in some countries sampling is considered fair use regardless of the license. In others it isn't, and still other countries don't even have a concept of fair use.) And I assume you have no plans to actually sue anyone claiming they used your samples in their music!
So the real issue is how users will interpret it. The SA license will scare a lot of people off, and for good reason. Because it can be interpreted as saying they have to give away their music.For what it's worth, the sampling+ license was created for exactly the use case you have in mind: you can't take the library and sell it, but if you make use of the samples to create something new, you're free to do whatever you want with it. The reason they list for deprecating it is, "Not compatible with any other CC license, inadequate demand." I don't see those as critical problems, so I'd be fine with sticking with that.
