Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > Imagine that there is a new Linux kernel contributor, contributing > documentation patches. As it is the habit from her company, she adds > stock images from various sources (which may or may not be related > to the doc), e.g. freepik or pexels [1], as illustration. > > However, on the source file, the image requires attribution. Yet, > the attribution instruction doesn't mention image license (she > attributes as "Illustration of foo by bar on pexels"), hence > all rights reserved. Can that stock image be added to the kernel > docs (which is licensed under GPL)? I am rather curious as to why you are asking this question. Images, like everything else, need clear licensing. Images that do not have a GPL-compatible license cannot be added to the kernel. But we are certainly not in the habit of decorating our documentation with "stock images", so this is not a question that has ever come up. jon
