On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 01:23:09AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> writes: > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:57:12PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> writes: > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:31:30PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > > > [web browser search provider icons made available by provider] > > > > > <URL:http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1#The_.22Image.22_element>. > > > > > > > > [making OpenSearch image available doesn't imply DFSG-free terms] > > > > > > That's quite true, good point. Is it the case, then, that the icons > > > are shipped by Debian? Or are they downloaded when the web browser > > > first reads the user's list of search providers? > > > > They are shipped by debian. > > Okay. Would it be appropriate to report a bug against Iceweasel to avoid > shipping those images, and instead have them loaded from OpenSearch URLs > when starting the browser? That way they'd clearly be not part of the > Debian operating system.
Please do file such a bug. Please also file one against iceape. It would help if someone could check whether these icons are available only, preferably on the sites themselves. > Do you think upstream (MozCorp) would have a useful opinion on the > license terms of those images, or is there such an opinion online > already that you can reference? I will check with them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
