Greetings everyone, [Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list.]
one of the software I maintain contains several sets of images to change the
theme/appearance of the software. Most images don't really have a source (they
were done directly as png as far as I understand). However, a few themes comes
from icon packs under GPL license whose icons have a SVG source.
The situation is complicated because there is more image in the theme than in
the original pack. The author took the *png* image from the pack and created
some new image out of it (by removing the color or applying a color filter for
example). What happened is that he downloaded the pack without the SVG source
files.
From there, I have a few questions:
* Should I include the SVG source in the package for the images he didn't
modify?
* What about the image he modified?
=> My opinion is that since he based is work on the png, only the png need to
be provided but I prefer to be safe than sorry, hence this question.
* Some of the files with a SVG source come from KDE icon theme already packaged
in the archive. Can I just add a comment in debian/copyright to say the SVG
are in package X or do I have to copy the SVG in my own package?
=> Since Debian distribute the source for both package X (the KDE icon theme)
and my package, I'd say the image are correctly acompanied with the source
(both are in Debian archive) as per GPL-2 3.a) or GPL-3 6.d ("If the place to
copy the object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be on a
different server").
Thanks for taking the time to read thus far. I'm waiting your answer to
enlighten me as to what I should do to respect all the license and DFSG
requirements.
Best regards,
Thomas Preud'homme
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