# Intellectual Property, Licensing & Terms of Use

This repository contains both software engineering pipelines (build scripts, synthesis tools, automation) and original musical works (scores, arrangements, engraved sheet music, and audio recordings). 

To ensure maximum clarity, accessibility, and legal protection, this project is licensed under a dual open-source framework:

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## 1. Software, Build Scripts & Pipeline Code: MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 John Daniel Dondlinger

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

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## 2. Musical Compositions, Scores & Audio Recordings: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright (c) 2026 John Daniel Dondlinger. All original music, scores, engravings, and rendered master recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

To view a copy of this license, visit:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### You are free to:
* **Share** — copy and redistribute the sheet music, MIDI, and audio in any medium or format.
* **Adapt** — remix, transform, arrange, and build upon the material for any purpose, including live public performance by school, community, and professional concert bands.

### Under the following terms:
* **Attribution** — You must give appropriate credit to **John Daniel Dondlinger** and the **Wisconsin Rapids City Band**, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

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## 3. Third-Party Music & Arrangement Notice

* **"The Next Episode (Intro)"** contains arrangements derived from *"The Edge"* composed by David McCallum and David Axelrod (as sampled in *"The Next Episode"* by Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg). 
* All rights to the underlying original musical composition remain with the respective copyright owners and publishers. 
* This arrangement is provided strictly for educational, research, and non-commercial community concert band demonstration under fair use principles.

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## 4. Third-Party Software & Soundbanks Attribution

* **LilyPond**: GNU General Public License (GPL).
* **FluidSynth**: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
* **MuseScore General SoundFont (`MuseScore_General.sf3`)**: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 / MIT.
* **Kokoro ONNX**: Apache 2.0 License.
