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List:       kde-artists
Subject:    Re: [kde-artists] Crystal Clear release!
From:       Luke-Jr <luke-jr () dashjr ! org>
Date:       2005-06-23 12:40:59
Message-ID: 200506231241.00248.luke-jr () dashjr ! org
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On Thursday 23 June 2005 12:22, Rainer Endres wrote:
> On Thursday 23 June 2005 10:37, Luciano Montanaro wrote:
> > El Miércoles 22 Junio 2005 23:01, Jonathan Riddell escribió:
> > So, there is no need for Everaldo to release anything he does not care to
> > share, and there is no problem at all with the licensing.
>
> When he choose LGPL he had to stick to the license.

No, when he chose LGPL, you and I have to stick to the license, not him.

> And compiled PNGs is not "...the preferred form of the work for making
> modifications to..." vector based graphics as you elaborate below.


Which prohibits anyone from distributing the icons under the LGPL unless they 
have obtained the sources. However, the author can still grant a LGPL 
license.

> > But this is not a licensing issue at all.
>
> Yes it is. A lot. This is exactly what OSS is about. OpenSource not "Free
> as in Beer download".

It is an issue only so far as the icons being unusable in KDE packages or by 
operating systems (unless the author grants a different license also or 
provides sources to go with them)

> > I don't know if Everaldo wants the icons to be included as a theme in the
> > KDE distribution, or if he wants simply to share his work as is. Only in
> > the former case, the KDE project may put out conditions for the inclusion
> > of the icon set in the distribution.
>
> The condition is to honour licenses of work this icon theme is derivated
> from and the Licence it is declared to be released under.

It is perfectly possible to license a work under the GPL or LGPL, but not 
publish the source yourself. In doing so, anyone who wishes to redistribute 
under those licenses would be required to obtain (legitimately) the source to 
distribute with the work. This could be either directly from the author or 
from someone else who has obtained the sources legitimately and has the 
license to redistribute them (which they would, under both GPL and LGPL)
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