Hi, On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Sven Claussner <scl.gplus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Another thing we should consider is the license. The used symbolic > icon set is licensed under the Creative Commons Share Alike License 3 > (CCBYSA3). It is probably [incompatible with the GPL] used in GIMP > and could also be incompatible with Linux distributor approvals. > IMHO either the icon set and theme are relicenced under the GPL or we > need something else if we want to integrate them into GIMP. > The Darklooks theme uses the GPLv2. Why would CC by-sa v3 *for themes* be incompatible with GPLv3 *for code*? Do you have any information to backup this? I know that the FSF says not to use it for code, but it says it is good for arts though. And I think since themes are not "compiled in" or "linked" to the code, there is absolutely no legal need to have compatible licenses. I am pretty sure there are a whole bunch of Free Software projects out there which use CC by-sa for arts (themes, icons, etc.) and GPL for code. And we were even considering this a few days ago on the IRC channel (relicensing all our brushes/pattern and all other GIMP default data in CC by-sa). I am no lawman though, so if you have more information about this claim, ok. Otherwise from what I thought to know, there is absolutely no problem to have CC by-sa for themes in our main tree. Jehan > If this is clarified: As the 2.8 branch is for bugfixes I'm for > integration into the master branch so the theme will be in the 2.10 > release and who likes can use it in 2.8 anyway (both use GTK+ 2). > > JEsuSdA 8) thanks anyway for your work. You did a great job and now > that we're further there's surely less work to be done. Keep it up! :-) > > Kind regards, > > Sven > > [incompatible with the GPL]: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FSF_approved_software_licenses > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
