Kenneth Wimer wrote: > On Tuesday 30 June 2009 10:31:00 Cory K. wrote: > >> Andrew SB wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Cory K.<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> So what's your next move? Do you wanna try to go for a 0.44 upload to >>>> REVU or does kwwii wanna take this on? (as we've chatted before about >>>> it. just had to give him the go. GO!) :P >>>> >>> Well, there's some work that probably needs to get done before it will >>> get accepted. >>> >>> * License Review: >>> - COPYING (and debian/copyright) claim CC-BY-SA-3.0 while svg >>> metadata says CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 >>> - Which is right? >>> - Are NC license "non-free"? >>> - Jakub Steiner listed in svg metadata, but not AUTHORS (and >>> debian/copyright) - Oxygen team is in AUTHORS but not debian/copyright. >>> >>> I know in Debian, even though they now accept CC-3.0, NC is considered >>> "non-free." I can't seem to find a clear statement on whether it's >>> acceptable in Ubuntu Universe, but my feeling is that it is not. >>> >>> >From the Debian Free Software Guidlines FAQ: >>> >>> (http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html) >>> >>> "Q: Can I say "You must not use the program for commercial purposes"? >>> >>> A: This is non-free. We want businesses to be able to use Debian for >>> their computing needs. A business should be able to use any program in >>> Debian without checking its license." >>> >>> Anyone seen a definitive Ubuntu policy statement on this? Again, my >>> inclination is that the license is "non-free." If someone wanted to >>> roll a commercial Ubuntu derivative, in theory they should be able to >>> redistribute anything in Universe with no problem. >>> >> The 1st. CC-BY-SA-3.0 The metadata in the SVGs should be stripped. It's >> a remnant of something that never worked. Oxygen is dual-licensed: >> http://www.oxygen-icons.org/?page_id=4 >> > > You need to at least continue the copyright that Jakub expresses for the > purposes he expressed it (ie, don't remove any of the copyright notices which > attribute his work to him).
I don't use any direct work from him. Only the idea. We should give him a shout out anyway. Any metadata in the SVGs I added because I thought it would be fun to use. Turns out, nobody cared. > If there are oxygen icons or parts of oxygen icons > being used (or even if there is a very strong similarity in design or style) > you should include the names of the authors in the AUTHORS file as well as > attributing the correct licence. > > It seems to me, just by reading this and not getting into it very deep that > you do not need to include the oxygen list (and if it turned out that you > did, > I am sure I would ask nicely first :p) > I think I mention the team. Kenneth, if you could, please look through the packaging branch and see if things fit your idea of how they should be. Credit and what not. >> Jakub's build system was used but there's no "copyright" there I know >> of. I'm just giving attribution/props. If the Oxygen team should be in >> the debian/copyright then go ahead. I'm sure Ken can chime in. In the >> end, no Oxygen will be used. That's the plan. It was/is simply to be >> used as inspiration. >> > > Well, Jakub still has the copyright on the code he wrote for the build system. > Actually he did his in ruby and ours is python. Ours is based on something someone just threw up at some point. I'll look around to see if I can track it down again but our script has come so far Im unsure what's from the original. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
