I don't know that I have much of any code there (or in Adium for that matter anymore), but I'm fine with you using screenshots so long as you say something about it being Adium. A nice link/short description of Adium would be icing. :)
Chris On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Evan D. Schoenberg, M.D. <e...@adium.im>wrote: > Steven, > > Unless otherwise specified, everything within the Adium repository is > licensed under the GPLv2. To the fullest extent allowable by the license, > that includes the artwork. In terms of use *within* an application, we > interpret this to mean that icons and resources may only be used in > software which is itself GPLv2 compatible. In addition, we exert the > project's copyright on the Adium icon and ask that no project use the > Adiumy duck as its own icon or mascot without express permission. > > Screenshots do not comprise a derivative work and so are allowed in the > general case by GPL licensing (I believe you could come up with a > convoluted way for a screenshot to covered, such as if the program's job > were to output its own source code). In any case, as long as your use of > screenshots (or screencasts) provides appropriate credit - indicating in > some way that Adium is the application being shown - you're welcome to use > screenshots or screencasts of Adium with our blessing. > > Well, with at least mine. Any objections or comments from others on the > list? > > -Evan > > -- > Evan D. Schoenberg, M.D. > Lead Developer Emeritus, Adium > CEO, Regular Rate and Rhythm Software > e...@adium.im > www.regularrateandrhythm.com > > On Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Steven Lehrburger wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to use screenshots/gifs/screencasts of the contact list and > message window to promote both Adium and my (commercial) XMPP service. > > This seems to be permitted under Adium's top-level license, GPLv2 ( > http://hg.adium.im/adium/file/381404058a33/License.txt), which says "the > output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work > based on the Program," and I don't think such images would constitute a > work based on the Program. Am I reading that right? Does this also apply to > the artwork in the repo that doesn't have a license otherwise specified? > > I asked this in #adium-devel, and wixardy sent me > http://adium.im/pipermail/devel_adium.im/2011-August/008566.html, which > says "the icons and artwork within Adium are not licensed under an open > license." Does anyone know where I can confirm that? > > I'd love to be able to use screenshots that ship with Adium by default, > but if not, would I be able to use appropriately-licensed themes from Adium > Xtras? > > Other possibly-relevant links: > > http://adium.im/blog/2006/12/of-licensing/ > > http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15615&p=98670&hilit=license#p98670 > > Thanks for your help, and thank you all for working on Adium – I've been > using it daily for several years. > > Best, > Steven > > > > -- Chris Forsythe @The_Tick <http://twitter.com/The_Tick>
