diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org index 72f7589..98a0231 100644 --- a/content-org/blog.org +++ b/content-org/blog.org @@ -4,6 +4,75 @@ #+hugo_section: ./ #+hugo_categories: emacs linux conlanging orgmode +* [EN] Open-Sourcing ALYS :ALYS: +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: open-sourcing-alys +:EXPORT_DATE: 2021-12-15 +:export_hugo_menu: :menu "main" +:END: +#+TOC: headlines 1 local + +** Too Long, Didn’t Read +VoxWave no longer exists as a company, ALYS lives on as an open-source +project under the GPL-3.0 and the BY-CC-4.0 license. You can find it +at the following address: + ++[[https://labs.phundrak.com/phundrak/ALYS]]+ + +EDIT: The main repository moved to [[https://labs.phundrak.com/ALYS/ALYS]] +and vocal libraries are now separated in different repositories linked +from the main one. + +** What happened? +You might have noticed it, but VoxWave became quite silent over the +last months. This is because we at the head of VoxWave chose to close +the company, a decision which came in effect in early September 2021. +There’s not much else to say. + +*However*, the good news is the rest still goes on! ALYS as a project is +still alive and well! As her creator, I decided to step in and +continue its technical support. Since the company no longer exists, +and as a free and open-source software supporter, I also decided to +open-source ALYS as much as possible. As a result: + +#+begin_center +ALYS for Alter/Ego is now free software as in /free beer/. + +ALYS for UTAU, including its previously unreleased UTAU prototype, is +now free as in /free beer/ and in /freedom/. +#+end_center + +You can find the installer of ALYS for Alter/Ego on the repository +linked above as well as a free license file. Regarding its UTAU +version, its prototype is already configured with ~oto.ini~ files, but +the source file for its Alter/Ego version are stripped of any +configuration. + +** What’s New? +Therefore, ALYS is now available under three different licences: +- The character is now under the free [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/][CC-BY-NC-4.0 license]] +- The UTAU vocal libraries are now under the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html][GPL-3.0license ]] ([[https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-3.0/][short + readable version]]) +- The Alter/Ego is still under a proprietary license under my name but + it is now available free of charge + +Basically, this means you can do whatever you wish with the character +as long as it is non-commercial and you credit [[https://www.instagram.com/hsaphirya/][Saphirya]], ALYS’ +designer. The UTAU vocal libraries can be used, modified, and +redistributed as much as you wish as long as it stays under the +GPL-3.0 license. And you are free to use the Alter/Ego vocal libraries +as much as you wish, but you cannot redistribute or modify them. + +I also decided to release ALYS’ very first, secret, unreleased, +unheard French vocal library. It was scrapped no long after recording +it due to quality issues and was replaced by its French UTAU prototype +people could hear through ALYS’ first songs. It is released more as a +way of preserving the fact it existed rather preserving a usable vocal +library. (I don’t even remember what it sounds like.) + +if you have any question, you are free to send me an email at +[[mailto:lucien@phundrak.com][lucien@phundrak.com]] or open an issue on the repository mentioned +above. * Conlanging :@conlang: ** TODO Writing my conlanging docs with Emacs :emacs:conlanging: * Development :@dev: