[themes] Tango iconset: Default for drupal, is NOT GPL.

[Laura Scott]

I'm wondering if we're not trying to apply mileage standards to  
bicycles. As far as I know, the GPL is about software, not about images.

> The licenses for most software are designed to take away your  
> freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public  
> License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change  
> free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.  
> This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software  
> Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit  
> to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is  
> covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can  
> apply it to your programs, too.

I may be wrong, but don't believe you can GPL an image any more than  
you can copyright a lawn. We're talking about different kinds of  
licensing, different kinds of works. An image isn't software. The  
image format could be considered software, so we could require that  
images not be in any proprietary format, such as PSD or ia. But that  
doesn't get to the creative property aspects.

I humbly suggest focusing on the goal, and not on the means. GPL  
itself is not manna. Its values are what we seek, no?

The closest thing I can find is the Creative Commons Share Alike  
license. However, I cannot seem to find it anywhere on their website.  
All of their pre-configured licenses for images require attribution,  
which defeats the stated goals here. But Share Alike (with the arrow- 
circle icon) seems to capture exactly what we're after:

> Share Alike. You allow others to distribute derivative works only  
> under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses

The other approach would be to require a Public Domain Dedication of  
the image elements. http://creativecommons.org/license/ 
publicdomain-2  (I note that CC states this might not be enforceable  
outside of the US.)

Laura





On May 30, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Bèr Kessels wrote:

> Summary so far:It has been decided we cannot use tango. So let us move
> forward.
>
> We should find an alternaive that does allow us to go for GPL.
>
> Here are some possibilities:
>
>     * BlueSphere: http://svgicons.sourceforge.net/ -- SVG, so  
> resizeable
>       without distortion. BSD licence. See also
>       http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=4276
>     * Shiira: http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/icon-e.html -- several good
>       options imho.
>     * idesk: http://idesk.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page  
> (not
>       sure if this has icons or is just a desktop tool)
>     * FreeIcons: http://realopen.org/projects/fics/
>     * Marbles? http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php? 
> content=1581 --
>       not sure about licence
>     * XOOPS icons: http://www.nongnu.org/matt-xoops/
>     * http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/aquafusion/
>
> And http://www.maxpower.ca/free-icons/2006/03/05/
>
> Lets pick one, or go for the best option: volunteer to design a
> Drupal-specific set! :)
>
> Bèr
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