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Licensing and redistribution

SHR-DAW source code, Velvet Tines.synthv1, the 20 newly authored presets, and the bundled original drum-pattern data are released under the MIT license in LICENSE. MIT permits commercial and non-commercial use, modification, and redistribution, but the copyright and license notice must be kept. No MIT/Apache/GPL license is literally obligation-free.

Rust dependencies

The direct Rust crates are permissive:

  • anyhow, libc, serde, serde_json, signal-hook: MIT or Apache-2.0;
  • hound: Apache-2.0;
  • crossterm, midir, quick-xml, ratatui: MIT.

Their transitive dependencies reported by cargo metadata --locked are also permissive (MIT, Apache-2.0, ISC-style combinations, Unicode-3.0, or Unlicense). Before publishing binary releases, generate and ship the exact notices for the locked target dependency set with a tool such as cargo-about or cargo-deny.

External system software

SHR-DAW launches these separately installed programs; it does not copy or link their source into this project:

  • synthv1: GPL-2.0-or-later;
  • Yoshimi: GPL-2.0-or-later overall, with some source under compatible LGPL/CC/ISC terms as documented by its package;
  • FluidSynth: LGPL-2.1-or-later;
  • JACK2 tools/libraries: primarily LGPL-2.1-or-later;
  • aconnect from alsa-utils: GPL-2.0;
  • ALSA library used by the Rust MIDI backend: LGPL-2.1-or-later.

SHR-DAW indexes Yoshimi .xiz banks and FluidSynth .sf2/.sf3 files at their configured system/user paths; it does not copy them into this project. The Debian yoshimi-data package is GPL-2.0-or-later overall (with a few bank files under GPL-3), and the packaged TimGM6mb SoundFont is GPL-2-only. Their copyright files remain the authority for redistribution of an appliance image.

Using system-installed executables/data does not force SHR-DAW itself to use GPL. Anyone distributing an appliance image or bundling those binaries must comply with each package separately and provide their notices/source offers as required. This is a practical audit, not legal advice.

Controller mapping references

SHR-DAW can update its own MIT-licensed, hardware-verified controller catalog. It does not redistribute or execute mappings from Ardour, Mixxx, or Zynthian. Those copyleft-licensed projects are documented as useful research sources in docs/CONTROLLER_PROFILES.md; application-specific bindings are not copied into this repository. Pencil Research's CC BY-SA 4.0 MIDI dataset documents external instruments rather than USB controller surfaces and is likewise not included.

Documentation rendering tools

The deterministic TUI screenshots are generated from SHR-DAW's own seeded screen data by scripts/render-readme-screenshots.py. That maintainer helper uses Pillow as a PNG container/writer and reads the host's Uni2-TerminusBold24x12.psf.gz Linux console font; it does not bundle Pillow or the PSF font into the installed product-data directory. The helper accepts the repository-local fallback only when its decompressed bytes match the approved host font's pinned SHA-256. Anyone redistributing the generated documentation or a fallback copy of that font should retain and review the copyright/licence information supplied by the corresponding Pillow and console-font packages. The images are presentation fixtures, not evidence that JACK, MIDI hardware, playback, or recording was active.

Preset bank boundary

The tracked presets/synthv1/ directory and public installation contain only the 21 MIT-cleared presets identified by presets/synthv1/cleared-presets.txt and described in this file. That manifest is the single packaging and schema-test allowlist. Legacy or downloaded presets without verified authorship and redistribution terms belong only in the ignored private user/presets/synthv1/ tree. They must not be committed, packaged, mirrored, or relabelled as MIT merely because a copy exists locally.

The 392 Synthv1 Presets archive published by LinuxSynths was inspected on 2026-07-13. It contains 392 .synthv1 files but no README, license, author notice, or redistribution grant. Twenty-eight filenames overlapped the legacy local bank, although those local files were modified rather than byte-identical, so the collection is a likely source for part of that private bank. A private extraction described in docs/WORKSPACE_HANDOFF.md remains below the ignored user/ tree; none of it was imported into the tracked or installed public collection. Source: https://linuxsynths.com/Synthv1PatchesDemos/synthv1.html.

Newly authored cleared synthv1 presets

The following complete synthv1 0.9.29 presets were authored for SHR-DAW on 2026-07-13 from the MIT-cleared Velvet Tines schema/template, with new parameter designs. They contain no imported samples or third-party preset content and are released under this repository's MIT license:

  • basses: Deep Sub, Liquid Acid, Rubber Circuit, Compact Bass;
  • leads: Mono Pulse Lead, PWM Horizon, Glass Saw Lead;
  • pads: Warm Cloud, Dark Canopy, Shimmer Veil;
  • plucks/bells: Copper Pluck, Reed Pluck, Silver Bell, Soft Chime;
  • organs: Drawbar Glow, Hollow Organ;
  • drones/effects: Low Orbit Drone, Frozen Drone, Dust Delay, Restrained Sweep.

scripts/generate_cleared_presets.sh records the exact authored parameter choices. Add a newly cleared file to presets/synthv1/cleared-presets.txt only after its provenance is recorded here. Static tests verify the manifest, all 145 indices and names, and mapped values against the current schema. Sound quality still requires authorized listening tests; none were run while adding this set.

Original drum patterns

The 60 compact catalog entries and 12 standalone .shdrum files in drum-patterns/ were authored as editable SHR-DAW MIDI data and are released under MIT. They use conventional General MIDI-style drum-note assignments, but they do not copy or transcribe third-party MIDI files or protected recordings. Genre names are creative navigation hints rather than claims of an authoritative cultural transcription. The structural and naming audit is in docs/DRUM_PATTERN_AUDIT.md; groove, feel, and final curation still require human listening.

SHR Drums engine and kit sources

The in-process drum engine is the separate MIT-licensed SHR Drums repository. Version 0.2 keeps the strict format 1 package boundary and adds an optional advanced modeled-voice graph. The public format contract defines validation and compatibility. Its source record owns sample provenance. kits/cleared-kits.txt is this repository's single public kit allowlist.

SHR-DAW pins the public SHR Drums 0.2.0 source revision in both Cargo.toml and install/compatibility.json. Cargo compiles it into shr; the installer does not create a separate executable, service, or runtime source checkout.

The bundled Acid package is an original fully modeled 27-voice kit. Electronic House has its original 27 modeled voices plus deterministic House Impact and Long Pressure synthetic one-shot exports authored by the CC0 Moj Sint project; they occupy notes 27 and 28 without replacing its existing note-33 through note-36 kicks. Neither package contains recordings or downloaded audio. Their manifests release the package content under CC0 1.0.

The bundled Big Rock (Muldjord) and Experimental Noise (Muldjord) packages use selected recordings from MuldjordKit SFZ+WAV 2020-10-18 under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Lars Muldjord made the original recordings; roberto@zenvoid.org assembled the stereo SFZ/WAV release for FreePats. Each package retains the upstream licence and README, while its manifest records the source release, selected-file hashes, modifications, and required attribution. Upstream sources are the FreePats release, FreePats kit page, and DrumGizmo kit page.

No other compiled .shrkit, source archive, or private review render is bundled. A local package's presence does not grant redistribution rights; add one to cleared-kits.txt only after reviewing its complete contents, manifest, source record, asset licence, and required notices.

Moj Sint and SHR Sampler

The whole-system installer fetches the exact public Moj Sint 0.2.3 and SHR Sampler 0.1.2 revisions recorded in install/compatibility.json. Each repository's THIRD_PARTY.md owns its dependency and content provenance. Only Moj Sint files named by presets/cleared-presets.txt and SHR Sampler packages named by instruments/cleared-instruments.txt enter the payload. The initial SHR Sampler package is a project-authored deterministic waveform released as CC0-1.0; no private or third-party sample library is copied or converted.

Public-domain demo compositions

The ten demo arrangements in demos/ are newly programmed for SHR-DAW and are released under MIT. The underlying compositions are traditional or old enough to be public domain; no MIDI file, harmony, production, or orchestration was copied from a modern recording. demos/cleared-demos.json is the explicit packaging manifest and records separate public-domain reasoning, institutional source links, musical metadata, filenames, and SHA-256 hashes for House of the Rising Sun, Whiskey in the Jar, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Scarborough Fair, Greensleeves, Amazing Grace, Drunken Sailor, Wellerman, Auld Lang Syne, and Danny Boy.

scripts/generate_demo_songs.py is the deterministic authorship recipe. Its normal mode validates every byte and refuses extra files; the Makefile installs only its manifest-derived output after that check. Adding a composition requires source-backed clearance in the manifest, an original arrangement, both MIDI and current native Project forms, and matching structural tests.

Bundled and private-download WAV loops

The four WAVs named in loops/cleared-loops.txt are redistributable under CC0 1.0 rather than MIT. Their authors, source pages, conversions, exact tempo and hashes are recorded in loops/SOURCES.md. The three starter-100-step-*.wav files come from obscure music's CC0 Music loop variations pack; the war-drums-130.wav file is William Hector's CC0 Horde War Drums loop. Packaging must continue to use the manifest allowlist.

shr-setup can also download four tempo-labelled WAVs from MusicRadar's SampleRadar: 183 free 80s pop drums samples directly into the user's loop inbox. MusicRadar permits use in music but says not to redistribute the raw samples, so neither the 78 MB archive nor extracted WAVs may be committed, packaged, mirrored, or copied into a public release. Setup asks first, stores a source/terms note beside the private files, and downloads from: https://www.musicradar.com/news/sampleradar-free-80s-pop-drums-samples.

Moj's Open303 model incorporates Robin Schmidt's MIT core and Takuya Ooura's separately permitted FFT. The installer retains both notices under share/doc/moj-sint/open303. Its four factory starts are newly authored Moj parameter documents, with no imported factory programs or samples.