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

[Erik Mallinson]

It says it's NOT public domain and has copyright marks at the bottom...

Trae McCombs wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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/
>     <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/
>     <http://svgicons.sourceforge.net/> -- SVG, so
>     > resizeable
>     >       without distortion. BSD licence. See also
>     >       http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=4276
>     <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/
>     <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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