Please ignore this request for info: "sale or distribution of Images or Videos as digital stock photos or as digital wallpapers;"
The above clause would stop inclusion of any pixabay image in a wallpaper Debian package. Sorry for the noise. On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 14:12, foss.freedom <foss.free...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It seems pixabay has now changed its license - it used to be CC0 > > Is the new license a Debian compatible "free" license - i.e. something > Debian would recognise as following the Debian Free Software > Guidelines ? > > https://pixabay.com/en/service/terms/#license > > Reproduced the license from the above URL here: > > " > > License for Images and Videos – Pixabay License > > Images and Videos on Pixabay are made available under the Pixabay > License on the following terms. Under the Pixabay License you are > granted an irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and royalty free > right to use, download, copy, modify or adapt the Images and Videos > for commercial or non-commercial purposes. Attribution of the > photographer or Pixabay is not required but is always appreciated. > > The Pixabay License does not allow: > > sale or distribution of Images or Videos as digital stock photos or as > digital wallpapers; > sale or distribution of Images or Videos e.g. as a posters, digital > prints or physical products, without adding any additional elements or > otherwise adding value; > depiction of identifiable persons in an offensive, pornographic, > obscene, immoral, defamatory or libelous way; or > any suggestion that there is an endorsement of products and services > by depicted persons, brands, and organisations, unless permission was > granted. > > Please be aware that while all Images and Videos on Pixabay are free > to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes, depicted items in > the Images or Videos, such as identifiable people, logos, brands, etc. > may be subject to additional copyrights, property rights, privacy > rights, trademarks etc. and may require the consent of a third party > or the license of these rights - particularly for commercial > applications. Pixabay does not represent or warrant that such consents > or licenses have been obtained, and expressly disclaims any liability > in this respect."
