Re: Unsplash License acceptable for Fedora Wallpaper Content?

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On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 05:39:11PM -0400, Tom Callaway wrote:
> It's less about whether Red Hat/Fedora runs into that restriction, and more
> of whether someone downstream from us might. Historically, the rule for
> content was "must be freely redistributable" and this fails that test,
> because it places a specific restriction on one method of redistribution.

Yeah, it feels kind of weird to me too, and really in line with a lot of the
decidely-not-open-source new licenses that claim a particular economic
advantage for one group (or more usually and specifically, company). I don't
feel like it's in the _spirit_ of what this should be all about.

Also, although it says commercial use is okay, this
https://unsplash.com/license also says "Photos cannot be sold without
significant modification", and I'm unclear what that means. If these images
would innocently find their way into a Fedora edition that ships on a
product that is for sale (a laptop or a phone or an iot device), what would
the repercussions be?

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Matthew Miller
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Fedora Project Leader
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