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What Is Free Music?
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:
LOCA Records
Magnatune
Opsound
Krayola Records
Jamendo
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