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

[Trae McCombs]

http://jimmac.musichall.cz/i.php?i=git2

Jakub pointed this out to me.  It follows the Tango Guidelines, yet is GPL.
Perhaps it would be the most suitable replacement.

Someone could have suggested this already, sorry if I missed it. :)

Trae

On 5/30/06, Laura Scott <laura at pingv.com> wrote:
>
> 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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