From kde-artists Wed Aug 14 16:51:53 2002 From: "Torsten Rahn" Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:51:53 +0000 To: kde-artists Subject: Re: K-ARTIST:(no subject) -> kde-artwork license man X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-artists&m=102934386725860 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------=_NextPart_000_0099_01C243C3.A8331940" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0099_01C243C3.A8331940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ante :-) , >> You might want to talk to ante about the license ... he's the = kde-artwork >> license man ;-) > You are kidding!=20 While I wasn't so much serious about the word "license man" (as you = might see from the ";-)" I was very serious in regard to the fact that = you know much more than me about "licensing/copyrighting/whatever .." = the artwork. I think referring to you when the artist asks which license = he should pick is probably a much better idea than asking me as I didn't = study this stuff.=20 > I did strongly oppose the one sentence license, that even is=20 > missing a disclaimer. Andreas Pour did agree that it was not an = improvement.=20 > Others, of whom I recall Luci, agreed. You started to change things, = so you=20 > seemed to agree too. Yet, last time I checked, it was still there. My=20 For KDE 3.1 Everaldo and me are working on a vectorized version of the = Crystal Icon theme which will be licensed under the LGPL (as of your = request/influence). We will have a first version ready by KDE 3.1 Beta = 1 > conclusion is that there is no zest to make a better one. OK, I = decided to=20 > drop the matter. Be Happy with it! Since having no influence at all is = rather=20 > frustrating, I might leave this list as well.=20 Well the influence was put into the new icontheme which will be a clean = new start: from the perspective of law as well as the perspective of = design. If you have some further suggestions concerning the license of Crystal = please speak up :-) > While it may be said that this policy is not really for the artwork, = it does=20 > create consistency, clarity for the distributors. The sense of the = policy is=20 > to prevent a lot of licenses. It would be good to comply.=20 That's certainly true :-) > PS, that last time I checked the LGPL in kdelibs was an old version.=20 Thanks for pointing this out. Tackat ------=_NextPart_000_0099_01C243C3.A8331940 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Ante :-) ,

>> You might=20 want to talk to ante about the license ... he's the = kde-artwork
>>=20 license man ;-)
> You are = kidding!

While I wasn't so much serious about = the word=20 "license man" (as you might see from the ";-)" I was very serious in = regard to=20 the fact that you know much more than me about = "licensing/copyrighting/whatever=20 .." the artwork. I think referring to you when the artist asks which = license he=20 should pick is probably a much better idea than asking me as = I didn't study=20 this stuff.

> I did strongly oppose the one sentence license, that even is =
> = missing a disclaimer. Andreas Pour did agree that it was = not an=20 improvement.
> Others, of whom I recall Luci, agreed. You started = to=20 change things, so you
> seemed to agree too. Yet, last time I = checked, it=20 was still there. My

For KDE 3.1 Everaldo and me are = working=20 on a vectorized version of the Crystal Icon theme which will = be=20 licensed under the LGPL (as of your request/influence). We will = have a=20 first version ready by KDE 3.1 Beta 1

> conclusion is that there is no zest to make a better one. OK, = I=20 decided to
> drop the matter. Be Happy with it! Since having no = influence=20 at all is rather
> frustrating, I might leave this list as well.=20

Well the influence was put into the new = icontheme=20 which will be a clean new start: from the perspective of law as well as = the=20 perspective of design.

If you have some further suggestions = concerning the=20 license of Crystal please speak up :-)

> While it may be said that = this policy=20 is not really for the artwork, it does
> create consistency, = clarity for=20 the distributors. The sense of the policy is
> to prevent a lot = of=20 licenses. It would be good to comply.

That's certainly true :-)

> PS, that last time I = checked the LGPL=20 in kdelibs was an old version.

Thanks for pointing this = out.

Tackat

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