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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Icon infringement on KDE icons by stardock?
From:       Darian Lanx <content () openprojects ! net>
Date:       2001-07-20 12:41:11
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> Did you check under which licence this theme is being distributed? There is
> already a KDE2.0 on stardock and I agree with Hervé that this is rather
> promotion for us than anything else. I've also seen webpages (e.g. some big
> German webhoster IIRC) use KDE icons.
Once more, rules are rules and they should be followed in the interest of the 
icons author. This is not a matter of "suing", beating or trashing them and 
their work, it is a question of them being polite towards the one who created 
the pieace of software/code/art they are using.
If the author or the project those pieces of work are associated with had not 
want some sort of feedback, than the icosn/software what so ever would have 
not been licensed in the first place, they would have been put into the 
public domain.
I am not saying, that KDE should run rampant on all them, but seeling 
someones soul and maybe beliefs for the sake of "promotion" is a bit much 
asked.
Some authors might not care, some might care a lot and be personally offended 
if their work would be used in such a manner, that is, imho, the main reaosn 
why some choose to license their work unde ra parituclar license.
-d
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Nisi Defectum Haud Reficindium

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