>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Peter Foley >Sent: 28 June 2007 09:18 >To: [email protected] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Boost-docs] Acceptable Licenses for Boost-Doc SVG Icons > >All, > >(I have cross-posted this to the Dev list as recently there had been >some discussion over licensing and to ensure that this gets the >appropriate visibility by interested people. If you respond to this >post could you please move it to the boost-docs list.) > >To assist with the revamp of the look and feel for the Boost >Documentation project (http://tinyurl.com/2uxfut) that Matias is >currently spearheading I am trying to find SVG icons that are licensed >under a Creative Commons style license (the icons I am currently >recommending are specifically licensed under the "Create Commons >Attribution Share-Alike license" http://tinyurl.com/aj2s6). > >>From reading through the archives and the recent thread about the >current status of licensed code within Boost and reading the link off >the boost home page for the Boost Software License >(http://tinyurl.com/2xood5). It appears that the preference is for all >code and documentation to be licensed under the BSL. > >Rather than risk proposing icons that are not licensed >appropriately and >then find that the license type was not acceptable I thought I would >solicit feedback first. > >I have two questions for you to answer: > >The first question is: Would image files be "required to" or "the >preference is" use the BSL. > >The second question is: If it was decided that it is only a preference. >Would the above linked license (Creative Commons Attribution >Share-Alike >license) be acceptable to the boost community?
I don't think Boost *requires* its own license, but it is highly desirable to avoid legal FUD. IANAL, but the license conditions look fine to me. And pretty similar to Boost. So keep things simple for the lawyers - so we can say all the stuff is Boost license - it would seem to me that we could simply add the Boost license to the SVG files? Or is this too much of a fudge. >PS: Not that it is relevant if there is a requirement for the Icons to >be licensed under the BSL we might need to find someone with some skill >in creating icons (I don't have a graphical bone in my body =p) Let's avoid re-inventing these wheels if possible. Paul --- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB +44 1539561830 & SMS, Mobile +44 7714 330204 & SMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
