On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:05:20PM +0200, Luca BRUNO wrote: > > Perhaps you can clarify this with the Inkscape authors ? Maybe they > > intended GPL-2 anyway... > > I don't think so. The logo was contributed by jimmac and originally > under CC. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/345778 > > > Severity: serious > > > > that the Inkscape icon contains a statement suggesting that its > > license is CC-BY-SA 2.0. This is unfortunate, as Debian's FTP team > > does not consider it Free. > > I'm unsure about this. I remember an old thread on -project where it > was found that clause 4b of CC-BY-SA 2.0 allows upgrading to later > version, and several packages already fit in that case. > I think we are in the same case. > > Moreover, I can still get in touch with jimmac and ask for a license > change, or just apply clause 4b upstream.
4b only applies to derivitive works. I don't know who made this rumor, but it's resulted in a few REJECTs. Cheers, Paul -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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