Ilia Ternovich wrote:
Hi!
I'm building Open Source project based on GPLv3 license. I'm using
artwork from several independent artists and their artwork is licensed
under CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivate 3.0.
Additionally I've got in touch with artists directly and gained
approve to use their artwork in my project. Can I distribute artwork
alognside my project binaries/source code? How should I notify end
user that artwork is not GPLv3?
Assuming the artwork is part of the user interface, not just sample
data, you need to provide the program in a perfectly usable form using
artwork that is GPL compatible, then provide the additional artwork
separately.
It is important that the program is completely usable without the
no-commercial use artwork. It also assumes that the artwork isn't a
derivative work of the program.
This is based on my understanding of the spirit behind the GPL. It
doesn't say when the artwork becomes a derivative work, although artwork
that is meaningful outside of the context of the particular program will
be safer, and it doesn't define how separate separately has to be,
although I would suggest that there needs to be an active step involved
in installing the restricted artwork, that happens after a fully
functional program is installed, so that no reasonable user could
install it by mistake.
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