I have considered other such UI-centric efforts, but they're all licensed under GPL, or include GPL-licensed property. One of the primary reasons I brought the idea of a Web-app artwork gallery to Apache, besides its obvious utility to those developing Web-apps using Apache's various other projects, is because of Apache's far more liberal license, a result of the attitude that those using free software may indeed profit by its inclusion. GPL is not just free; it's anti-commerce and limits the advantage of free software, requiring many to procure an alternative anyhow; in my case, I'd have to buy something like that offered by StockIcons (http://www.stockicons.com/), which is what I'm trying to avoid, not on cost but on principle.
So, since this idea doesn't belong in Apache, I'll have to create yet another free artwork project, but one with an Apache/LGPL-style license. Now, to just come up with such a license that can apply to graphics, since most licenses are code-centric (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/). Though both graphics and code are software resources, perhaps I should broaden my horizons to consider the Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/). Any advice here from a licensing expert? JayZ Gnome Desktop Themes: http://www.gnome.org/softwaremap/projects/gnome-themes/ KDE Icons: http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/art-devel/icons/default/ Fedora Artwork: http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/artwork/ -----Original Message----- From: Leo Simons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Apache Gallery Project Jay Zylstra wrote: >I'll interpret the lack of response to mean this idea doesn't fit >Apache. Okay. But since the need remains for a free gallery of common >Web app icons (document, search, print, etc.), does anyone have a >suggestion of where such a project would fit, or is anyone aware of an >existing one? > You could take a look at the KDE, Gnome, or Fedora Core art projects. I'm sure there's more gallery-style projects out there in the desktop linux world. cheers! - Leo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
