Hello 2009/7/22 Calum Benson <[email protected]>: > > On 20 Jul 2009, at 15:59, Ulrik Sverdrup wrote: > >> I know this is a gray area, but I want to know if this list, or gnome >> artist, have opinions about GPLv2 icons to GPLv3 programs >> compatibility. >> >> The default gnome icon theme is released under GPLv2 (only). With my >> GPLv3+ program I want to distribute an icon derived from gnome's >> default icon theme: I'm taking insert-object.svg and making object.svg >> (a blue box, attached). >> >> I combine the GPLv2 icon with my python program at runtime like so: >> >> pixbuf = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size(icon_path, size,size) >> gtk.icon_theme_add_builtin_icon(icon_name, size, pixbuf) >> >> Now, is it compatible? Is the icon now "linked" to my program, so I >> can not use it? > > Slightly tangential, but FWIW we switched gnome-themes to LGPL a few years > ago, because it seemed that an icon theme more closely resembled a library > than an application. But whole question of if/when/how icons were 'linked' > to an application was pretty unclear when we made that choice, too.
Ok. But still only to an older (potentially) GPLv3-incompatible version? I acquired gnome-icon-theme from debian whose copyright file only mentions GPLv2. Ulrik _______________________________________________ gnome-themes-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-themes-list
