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Re: Using Creative Commons artwork in GPL application
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: Using Creative Commons artwork in GPL application |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:30:59 +0200 (CEST) |
according to the FSF, the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
license is not compatible with the GPL. This license is used for
many icon sets such as that of the Tango project. Can such icons be
used in a GPL application, or does the GPL linking clauses demand
that artwork as well as libraries be distributed under the GPL?
The GNU GPL doesn't have a `linking clause'. I belive the following
section is relevant to you:
2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section
1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
...
b. You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that
in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program
or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge
to all third parties under the terms of this License.
In other words, if the icons are part of the Program, then the icons
must be licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.