With 2.16 now underway, I thought it was about time to give the
gnome-themes module a bit of a revamp. However, many of todays artists
want to use licenses other than the GPL to distribute their work (for
example, the Creative Commons "By Attribution" license[1], or the Free
Art license[2]). This would mean that parts of the gnome-themes module
would no longer be GPL or LGPL. What I need to know is what impact this
would have on distributors, and on the module's status in GNOME.
Personally, I think it's understandable that artists may choose not to
distribute their work under the (L)GPL, which is primarily a license for
software. As long as the license they choose upholds the values of Free
Software, I don't see it as a problem. However, I know there have been
various lengthy discussions elsewhere about the status of the Creative
Commons licenses, so I would like to have some advice before continuing.
-Thomas
[1] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
[2] http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/
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