Hi, Albert, 1. Put Keyboard Layout Images under Creative Commons License ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The interests of everyone will be best served if the keyboard layout images are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Currently the Wiki pages at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Keyboard_layouts are clearly marked as licensed under CC Attribution 2.5 Generic. But the status of the image artwork itself is not clearly noted. For purposes of clarity and to avoid misunderstanding, it would be better if OLPC can explicitely state that the keyboard image artwork in any form (PNG, SVG, etc.) is available under a CC license -- if that is indeed the case. Based on my understanding of a recent discussion I had with licensing experts at the institution where I currently work (USA), LGPLv2 or Apache or other software licenses which Albert mentioned are not applicable to a visual image work. A Creative Commons license is what we want. Public Domain is not recommended. Bundling or including CC-licensed image artwork in a software package is of course allowed so long as you state the license and provide attribution, so I see no need for "multi-licensing" under LGPL or Apache or whatever. 2. OLPC should make Keyboard Images available in SVG format -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, it would be a very good idea if OLPC could make the images available in SVG format. Is it possible to have the masters done up or converted to Inkscape-style SVG? Having the template artwork available in SVG format will allow the community to participate more fully in helping to create and document additional keyboard layouts. -- Ed On 10/14/07, Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I'd like to use those images in some software. > Mind multi-licensing them under the usual licenses? > > (LGPLv2 or later at least, plus maybe others like the > share-alike Creative Commons licenses and Apache > license -- or just public domain to make things simple) > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
