about page ]]> Again, have a look at the <a href="[% pages.about.href %]">about page</a> :) Give that set of lyrics a low rating and submit corrected ones. The application you were using should have a way to submit lyrics. If not, contact the developer and ask him/her to add this feature. <b>TODO</b> - add link here when web-submissions are done. Two main things: Rate the accuracy of lyrics, and report any bugs you find in the software or service. <br /> The system allows for multiple interpretations of the same lyrics, so by rating them, you help establish which are the "better" lyrics. <br /> To report bugs and problems, you can either contact me with the information on the contact page of this site, or through the <a href="[% pages.bugs.href %]">bug tracking interface</a> at sourceforge. This helps to ensure you and other users don't come across the problem again. <br /> <br /> If you're a developer and interested in working on the core project, see the <a href="[% pages.contribute.href %]">contributing page</a> for a list of stuff I could use help with. <br /> If you have developed applications or libraries that use OpenLyrics, I would love to hear about it. I also ask that you put a note in an appropriate place that the lyrics are powered by OpenLyrics (such as in the application's "about" dialog, on its webpage, in the README or manual, etc). Obviously I can't force you to, but it would be nice if you did. :) The "me", "we", "us", "I" referred to throughout the site is Mark A. Stratman (mark [AT] sporkstorms [DOT] org) <br /> Currently I am the only developer, but if and when more people join I'll add them here and you can also find them on the <a href="[% pages.acknowledgments.href %]"> acknowledgments page</a>. There you will also find others who have directly or indirectly helped the project in ways other than primary development.

If you have written a client library, full application, music player plugin, or any software using OpenLyrics, contact me and I would be happy to link to it. <br /> If it is licensed under <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses" onclick="window.open(this.href,'_blank');return false;">an OSI-approved license</a>, I can create its own page here on the site, host file releases (and probably even CVS if you'd like), and so on. Yes, you can. <br /> However, please understand that all of the client libraries provided here are <a href="http://www.opensource.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href,'_blank');return false;">open source</a> software, and the majority (if not all) of them require that any applications using them be open source as well. See the specific license included with each library for details. <br /> <br /> With that said, you can easily write your own SOAP client code. The reason SOAP was chosen in the first place was because it allows applications to access web services simply and painlessly regardless of platform, language, etc. <br /> See the <a href="[% pages.soap_api.href %]">SOAP API details</a> for more information In short, I don't know yet. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.id3.org/lyrics3200.html" onclick="window.open(this.href,'_blank');return false;">Lyrics3</a> is a specification outlining a method to embed lyrics in MP3s. If I'm not mistaken, it's by the same people who came up with ID3. It allows for timestamping phrases in lyrics so they can be scrolled with the music, a la karaoke. <br /> <br /> I have a number of problems with Lyrics3, which is why it is not currently supported. If you have ideas or thoughts on the subject and would like to discuss it, start a thread on the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=96748" onclick="window.open(this.href,'_blank');return false;">forum</a> at SourceForge.

There aren't any. <br /> This is a 100% non-profit project. If you want the complete database of lyrics, <a href="[% pages.contact.href %]">contact me</a> and ask for it. The database is not currently being packaged up automatically for download because there isn't really a demand for it. <br /> Please DO NOT write a program to slurp up all the lyrics through the SOAP interface. That is a huge waste of my system resources. ...

<a href="[% pages.contact.href %]">Contact me</a> with any questions and I'll be glad to help you out. If it's something useful to others, I'll add it here.