I think the main problem is that the vector free user didn't have sufficient rights to license it under CC-BY-3.0 in the first place.
The vector portal license says it's nontransferable, for example. -- Sean On Jul 15, 2015 6:55 PM, "Stack" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Folks! > > > > Working through HBASE-14085 and I was verifying license version/text for > > our bundled works in the source distribution. > > > > We have an entry for our logo that points to > > http://www.vectorfree.com/jumping-orca as the source and CC-BY 3.0 as > the > > license. > > > > Looking at the source site, that work is under CC-BY 3.0 however, it > lists > > that it's a derivative work "Killer whale vector by VectorPortal.com > > <http://www.vectorportal.com/>" > > > > It doesn't give a direct reference, but a quick search on VectorPortal > for > > "orca" leads directly to this likely source: > > > > > > > http://www.vectorportal.com/subcategory/205/KILLER-WHALE-FREE-VECTOR.eps/ifile/9136/detailtest.asp > > > > > > Given the below description of our modifications: > > "We changed the logo by stripping the colored background, inverting > > it and then rotating it some. > > " > > > > It sounds like we're closer to using the original (or could easily rerun > > our modifications to be based on it). > > > In any case, this original work is not licensed under CC-BY 3.0, nor do > > their license terms[1] line up with the existing acceptable licenses (and > > I'm not sure it would pass the general guidelines)[2]. > > > > The three obvious possible next steps I see: > > > > * Contact vector portal and ask them to grant us a license on the image > > under a pre-appoved license (i.e. CC-BY-3.0) > > * Submit a question to legal-discuss@ to see if these license terms are > > acceptable > > * Change the logo :( > > > > Any other ideas or preferences amongst these? > > > > > My rationale was that I was making a derivative of a CC-BY 3.0 licensed > work. CC-BY 3.0 allows "... remix, transform, and build upon the material > for > any purpose, even commercially." I called it out in NOTICES so our sourcing > was trackable. I was unaware that my manipulations took our logo closer to > the pre-derivate source. That it did, is probably of no relevance. > > Choice #4, is to continue that our logo is a derivative of a CC-BY 3.0. > > Otherwise, I can write vector portal. > > St.Ack > > > > > > > [1]: http://www.vectorportal.com/copyright/ > > http://www.vectorportal.com/faq/ > > [2]: http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html > > > > -- > > Sean > > >
