Public bug reported:

The Ubuntu Wallpapers for 15.10 include Creative Commons version 2
licensed photos.

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-art-pkg/ubuntu-
wallpapers/ubuntu/revision/166

This is in contrast to what was in debian/copyright up until that point
and what I believe the guidelines say:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Backgrounds

There's good reason to have version 3 of Creative Commons by the minimum
standard.

It is widely believe in Debian that version 2 isn't good enough.
(Version 1 is definitively believed to have not been DFSG-compatible).

See

https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Creative_Commons_Attribution_Share-
Alike_.28CC-BY-SA.29_v4.0

And see bug 1588938 as just one example, where Debian developers
reported the issue with CC version 2 files to the GNOME developers who
replaced the images in the new release.

To summarize, Creative Commons version 2 licenses should be avoided in
Ubuntu because they are mostly avoided in Debian.

** Affects: ubuntu-wallpapers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: wily xenial

** Summary changed:

- u-wallpapers includes Creative Commons v2 licenses which are controversial
+ u-wallpapers include Creative Commons v2 licenses which are controversial

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