From kde-artists  Thu Jun 23 14:29:47 2005
From: Luciano Montanaro <mikelima () gmail ! com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:29:47 +0000
To: kde-artists
Subject: Re: [kde-artists] Crystal Clear release!
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El Jueves 23 Junio 2005 16:08, Hermann Thomas escribió:
> Rainer Endres schrieb:
> >So, you say the GPL allows to distribute closed source (I am no giving
> > away the source) binaries? Reading the text, I can not see where this
> > is explicitly denied.
> >
> >So MS can license Office under the (L)GPL, as long as they do not give
> > anybody the Source Code, nobody is allowed to redistribute the work?
> >
> >Trying to understand this.
> >
> >	Rainer
>
> Hi I haven’t been posting much in the past, but I read everything posted
> here.
> Well with Artwork the end result sometimes is the source file. Just
> think of a Photo.
> As far as I understand this. You can give out icons under the GPL or
> LGPL without the source because it could be that there is none. Just
> imagine Everaldo made all the Icons Pixel by Pixel in a Pixelprogramm!
> Could be! Well It wasn’t in this case but you never now. Brings us to
> the next Point. I see the GPL or LGPL to secure the original Author. If
> someone now takes the Pixel based GPL Icons and changes it into
> something else. Then the source must be committed. Al though it could be
> that there is none because of Pixel by Pixel editing...ehhh weird!?!?!
> Well anyway. The KDE policy should be that there shouldn’t be any Icons
> without the SVG source file. If an Artist, like Everaldo, wants his
> Icons to be included in KDE he must give out the source. If not then it
> is a case for KDE-Look.
> Like Ann-Marie said. In the long run all closed icons must go a have to
> be replaced by icons with sources.
> Greetings,
> Hermann

Yes, this is exactly the point I was making.
Thank you for your clarification.

I agree with your summary and your conclusion.

Luciano
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