On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 18:49 +0100, Thor Harald Johansen wrote: > >The source code for a work means the preferred form of the > >work for making modifications to it. > >That has nothing to be with being a text file so my understanding > >is that images are also 'source code'. > > I'm not so sure. The icons in GIMP may originate from a vector drawing > program. A 16x16 anti-aliased picture of a pencil is near impossible > to edit. The stock icons in GIMP are probably renditions of some > source that the artist hasn't published. If I were drawing these > icons, I'd use at least 2 layers, one for color and one for outline, > to compose them. I don't see multi-layer image files being included > anywhere. This sort of thing makes it difficult to apply the GPL to > image files, so the question still remains... I'm the author of majority of the icons in GIMP at the moment. The icons are not vector art, they are 1:1 bitmaps as you see them. The pngs in this case are "the source artwork". cheers -- Jakub Steiner <jimmac@xxxxxxxxxx> Novell, Inc. _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
