> >Peter Foley wrote:
> >All,

Hi Peter!

> >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).

I think CC is a very good license. I was using some GPL icons in my
own docs from KDE-look.org. I put an acknowledgment to the authors at
the end of my docs.
I think that it will be nice to have BSL graphics, but lets face it...
we are C++ developers, no icon designers. I fail to see legal problems
because of icons use.
Another approach will be to ask icons authors if they can licence the
particular ones we want in BSL with a dual approach. I think they will
be really happy to see that an important project like Boost cares
about their work.

> >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?

Paul A Bristow wrote:
> 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.

That will be just great. But we must ask icons authors first.

> >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.

Totally agree.

Welcome Peter, thanks you very much for being the spear-head of the
SVG icons project.
Best regards
Matias

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