On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:31:04PM +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> 3) Vik Olliver Open Picture Publication Licence. ( VOOPPL )
>
> The word 'similar' in the previous sentence
> means that you may change the data format, but not the physical size, the
> intrinsic resolution, or the loss factor of the compression process, of the
> pictorial image's electronic representation.
so if i use your desktop background to create an icon,
do i need to include the icon in desktop size?
resizing is a kind of derivative work.
the question is: which came first?
the editing or the resizing?
but this opens up the real problem as far as GPLing images goes.
what is the source of an image?
the generic definition is:
the preffered editing format.
for images this would usually be something like xcf/psd the
gimp/photoshop layer formats or equivalents.
any other lossless format if you are not using a layercapable editor,
and maybe jpg if all you are doing is cropping, mirroring, and 90degree
angle rotations (which all can be done lossless even for jpg)
greetings, martin.
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