'Re: K-ARTIST: vector license (was: kde-artwork license man)'

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Subject:    Re: K-ARTIST: vector license (was: kde-artwork license man)
From:       ante <vitanova () softhome ! net>
Date:       2002-08-15 13:22:03
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Hi Torsten!

On Wednesday 14 August 2002 18:51, Torsten Rahn wrote:

> Hi Ante :-) ,
> 
> 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.

OK!

> 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

Well, sounds interesting!

> 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 :-)

I will take a good look at it again. Like I said before, I made a concept. It 
would be good to have a second (etc) opinion. I'm no native speaker of the 
English language, the actual wording can have a brush up too probably. 

Let's get some questions straight: 

What will be the preferred source format? (Like in pixels xcf and psd are \
multilayered and so in some cases more handy than the end result png, they are \
preferred). Or, is there one format for designing and shipping?

Will a copyright notice be placed in the source files? IIRC it is possible with the \
vectors. If possible add to all source files something like:  KDE vector icons.
Copyright (C) 2002 KDE Artists 
See license notice in this directory

(Of course, using your names would be an option too, yet, as others will possibly \
join, the neutral KDE Artists is more handy. A good credits page is needed)

Do you have an example file, taking a look will make things more clear.

If things can be done this way, a concept of the notice would be as attached. 

Cordialemente,

Ante

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["license-sketch.txt" (text/plain)]

This copyright and license notice covers the images in this directory.

********************************************************************************

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modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is written for software libraries
in the first place. We expressly want the LGPL to be valid for this artwork too.

KDE Artwork is a special kind of software library, it is an art library, it's
elements can be used in a Graphical User Interface, or GUI.
Source code, for this library means: ***********************
The elements of this art library are shipped with a short copyright notice, with
this notice at a prominent place in the directory containing the elements. You
may follow this practice.
The exception in section 6 of the GNU Lesser General Public License covers
the use of elements of this art library in a GUI.

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