On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 9:30 PM, Simon Lees <sfl...@suse.de> wrote: > > > On 30/01/18 22:20, Jean-Philippe André wrote: > > 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 :) > > > > Licence wise i've always considered themes to be separate, whether that > is correct or not is another question. GPL with images is silly anyway > and we really should be asking upstream to relicense with some form of > creative commons anyway which makes far more sense, but I guess the > theme is probably technically GPL-3 as a binary.
Not so sure. HTML seems to be a crazy exception: An HTML file containing GPL licensed JS code is not GPL itself. Not consistent but makes sense. EDJ probably also falls under the category of "container". > Probably the biggest actual real life issue is if the theme is being > used in consumer devices such as tizen you would need to provide > consumers a way to swap there stock theme for one of there choice. > Yeah that's partly why I'm asking. :) -- 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 enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
