Music Sound

Free music, like free software, is music that can freely be copied, distributed and modified for any purpose. Thus free music is either in the public domain or licensed under a public license. It does not mean that there should be no fee involved. The word free refers to freedom (as in free software), not to price.

Some free music is licensed under licenses that are intended for software (like the GPL) or other written media (the GFDL). But there are also licenses especially for music and other works of art, such as EFF's Open Audio License, the Ethymonics free music license ([1]), LinuxTag's OpenMusic License ([2]), the Free Art license and the Creative Commons Licences.

Some record labels distributing free music:

Jamendo
Kahvi
Krayola Records
LOCA Records
Magnatune
Opsound

External links

• The Free Music Philosophy
• The etree.org wiki: etree pioneered the standards for distributing lossless audio on the net.