Re: Artwork License for package in main

[Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net>]

Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> writes:

hello Paul, 

>> --> Which criteria does the license agreement for Freeplane artwork have
>> to meet in order for Freeplane to be allowed in main?
>
> The DFSG - http://www.debian.org/social_contract

One more question: Is it really true that all of the Debian Free
Software Guidelines apply not only to code but in the same extent to
artwork as well?

>> --> Which licenses can you recommend? Can we simply modify the existing
>> agreement in order to transfer more rights from the copyright holder
>> (artist)?

Looks like only CC0, CC-attribution and CC-attribution-sharealike are
options.

> CC* 3.0+ is great for creative works. The GPL also works, to some degree,
> as does permissive licenses like MIT/Expat. I'd prefer CC0 myself.
>
> Also keep in mind licensing != trademark usage. For instance, Debian has
> trademark usage, but it's logo is DFSG free, license-wise.
>
>> --> How about compatibility with Freeplane's (source code-)license
>> (GPL-2+)?
>
> Irrelevant. It's loaded at runtime, just as the GIMP would load a
> non-free image. Totally fine. Those images just can't be in main.

Good to know.

Thanks and Best Regards,
-- 
Felix Natter