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2026-08-02 05:41:50 -04:00 · 2026-07-29 15:06:56 +01:00 · 2026-07-29 12:25:30 +01:00 · 2026-07-29 10:48:11 +01:00 · 2026-07-29 09:20:08 +01:00 · 2026-07-29 09:11:41 +01:00
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@@ -52,7 +52,17 @@ Strudel is a project handmade by humans, with thought and nuance.

 If you have used LLMs (so called 'AI'), please detail that in the pull request. We are still developing our response to the onslaught of LLM technology, but for practical and legal reasons are currently not accepting wholly LLM-generated code. We are also not accepting PRs that add LLM features to strudel itself.

-There are #llm-chat and #llm-share channels on our discord. Please do not discuss or share LLM-related things outside of those channels.
+There are #llm-chat and #llm-share channels on [our discord](https://discord.com/invite/HGEdXmRkzT). Please do not discuss or share LLM-related things outside of those channels.
+
+## Creating and sharing a new project using strudel
+
+Strudel is free/open source software, and we are also happy to see people making use of it within the following terms. 
+
+Please don't use 'strudel' in the name of your project, so people don't assume it's official strudel project. (If you'd like it to be an official strudel project, please check in with the community, e.g. on [the discord](https://discord.com/invite/HGEdXmRkzT).) 
+
+Please respect our AGPL license, which e.g. requires you to share/link to the source code of strudel, any modifications you've made to it, and the source code for the rest of your project if it integrates with strudel. You are also required to maintain Strudel's copyright notices in the source code, and include Strudel's copyright notice in your user interface. This is an ad-hoc summary - please [refer to the license](https://codeberg.org/uzu/strudel/src/branch/main/LICENSE) for full details.
+
+You are also encouraged to connect with the community and understand our aims and values.

 ## Report a Bug

@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ There are multiple ways to load your sample collection. Some methods are good fo
 - Serve a folder of samples locally using the [strudel 'sampler' commandline tool](https://strudel.cc/learn/samples/#from-disk-via-strudelsampler). This can be most reliable method, but requires [nodejs](https://nodejs.org) to be installed.
 - Host your sound library online on the web and [load them from an URL](/learn/samples/#loading-custom-samples)

+## Can I create a new project based on Strudel?
+
+Strudel is free/open source software, and we are always happy to see people making use of it within the following terms:
+
+- Please don't use 'strudel' in the name of your project (e.g. strudel2000, foo-strudel), so people don't assume it's official strudel project. (If you'd like it to be an official strudel project, please check in with the community, e.g. on the [discord chat](https://discord.com/invite/HGEdXmRkzT).)
+- Please respect our AGPL license, which e.g. requires you to share/link to the source code of strudel, any modifications you've made to it, and the source code for the rest of your project if it integrates with strudel. You are also required to maintain Strudel's copyright notices in the source code, and include Strudel's copyright notice in your user interface. This is an ad-hoc summary - please [refer to the license](https://codeberg.org/uzu/strudel/src/branch/main/LICENSE) for full details.
+
+You are also encouraged to connect with [the community](https://discord.com/invite/HGEdXmRkzT) to understand our aims and values.
+
 ## Can I use Strudel with AI/LLM tools?

 You are free to do what you like with Strudel, within the terms of the free/open source AGPLv3 license.
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ export function WelcomeTab({ context }) {
        <a href="https://tidalcycles.org/" target="_blank">
          tidalcycles
        </a>
-        , which is a popular live coding language for music, written in Haskell. Strudel is free/open source software:
-        you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the{' '}
+        , which is a popular live coding language for music, written in Haskell. Strudel is free/open source software,
+        with copyright owned by its [contributors](https://codeberg.org/uzu/strudel/activity/contributors). You can
+        redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the{' '}
        <a href="https://codeberg.org/uzu/strudel/src/branch/main/LICENSE" target="_blank">
          GNU Affero General Public License
        </a>
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
alex	a866cb2189	format	2026-07-29 15:06:56 +01:00
alex	890d69b23e	tweaks from feedback	2026-07-29 12:25:30 +01:00
alex	8e187abf24	add copyright notice	2026-07-29 10:48:11 +01:00
alex	2d014b47c8	add advice for creating a new project to faq	2026-07-29 09:20:08 +01:00
alex	daafee7527	advice for creating a new project using strudel	2026-07-29 09:11:41 +01:00