On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 05:03:54PM -0500, William Ballard wrote:
> Package: openclipart
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 2.3
> 
> geography/flags/europe/nazi_historic.svg
> -> Illegal to distribute in Germany
I'll remove it, it has nothing to do here, even outside Germany.

> "Smilies"
> -> The smiley-face logo is copyrighted by somebody.
> -> He might have a case here.  I don't know the precedents.
What do you mean there? The person who draws this smilies gives the
right to distribute them. Don't see the problem.

> ./unsorted/mobile_phone_01.svg
> -> Probably violates some Mobile phone company's copyrighted image
> -> Looks a lot like a Nokia
> 
> ./unsorted/battery_01.svg
> -> Violates Duracell's copyrighted image
> 
> ./unsorted/orange_burner_01.svg
> -> Violates Bic's copyrighted image
> 
> ./unsorted/masonic_square_and_compass_01.svg
> -> Might be copyrighted by the FreeMasons
> 
> ./unsorted/rubik.svg
> -> Is the rubik' cube image copyrighted?
> 
> Images of specific models of vehicles might be copyrighted
> 
> ./recreation/packman_01.svg
> -> Pac-Man image might be copyrighted
> 
> ./recreation/toys/wagon_01.svg
> -> This type of red wagon is made by a particular company
> -> Its likeness may be copyrighted

For all the others, I am not sure that's it is forbidden to redistribute
the images, as long as you don't use the company logo, which is not the
case here.

I'll start a thread on debian legal to know the status of that.

A package without the nazi flag is ready. I'll upload it soon.

Bye,
Aurelien

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