On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Ben Finney wrote:
On 14-Aug-2005, Roland Häder wrote:
I mean, we already a license for software (GNU GPL) and also for documentation (FDL) but no license for music (FML = Free Music License?). But you cannot compare music with software nor documentation. Music is different to them.
It's not different under copyright law though. If you want to grant the same freedoms, you can use the same license for *all* your software: programs, documentation, music, images, data, ...
The GPL talks about "program" and "source code"; so long as you make it clear what you consider those terms to apply to, the GPL should not be problematic to apply to any copyrighted work if you want.
The definition of "Program" in 0. is also broader as they use work as definition :
"The "Program", below, refers to any such program or work,..."
So as you said, if you are able to make a clear separation between "work" and "the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it." the GPL can be used for any copyrighted work.
Keeping a single free license in the free community is better for the dynamic of the community.