Hi, Sungtaek pointed out to me that we have GPLv3-licensed artworks (unsual for images) in our theme, under data/elementary/theme/fdo. Those images are are then included in the compiled theme default.edj. One source is clearly GPLv3: https://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/Faenza-Icons-173323228
Now I wonder what the implications of this are... 1. Does Elementary become GPL because we load the theme and it contains executable code (embryo & edje programs), so the theme is to be considered a library, contaminating everything?? 2. Or only the theme itself is GPL, by contamination from those images? 3. Or is the compiled theme file not GPL because we're not linking or derivating, merely archiving those images like in a Zip file, in which case only what's in the tree is GPL? This would be same as HTML: https://news.slashdot.org/story/13/06/26/2113242/when-gpl-becomes-almost-gpl-the-css-images-and-javascript-loophole/informative-comments#comments In the FAQ I only found a mention about fonts: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#FontException We don't have such an exception. Pretty sure there is no problem (i.e. #3 is right), but IANAL so I'd rather ask away :) -- Jean-Philippe André ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
