Re: Tux image copyright license?

2005-09-25 Thread Joe Smith
My questions are: * does this suffice as a DFSG-free license? it seems that there's no explicit permission to distribute (even if I suppose Larry meant to give such a permission...) The word use in relation to images implies distribution IMHO. For example if I 'use' Tux in a pamplet, i am most

Tux image copyright license?

2005-09-25 Thread Francesco Poli
Hi everybody! I found out that there are some packages in main that include a nice SVG version of the famous Tux image. At least sodipodi and inkscape do include it (or a slightly modified version). They are clearly derivative works of the original raster image created by Larry Ewing <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Linux Documentation Project License (LDPL) v2.0

2005-09-25 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
El domingo, 25 de septiembre de 2005 a las 10:58:49 -0400, Joe Smith escribĂ­a: > Is it just me or is it hard to sue a pseudonymous modifier, becaue their > real identiy is not known? Yes, but the pseudonymous modifier would have lost the license to distribute the work, and anyone distributing t

Re: Linux Documentation Project License (LDPL) v2.0

2005-09-25 Thread Joe Smith
"Henning Makholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scripsit Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All identifiers have scope; if the license doesn't specify, there's no reason to think you can't use an identifier whose scope is limited to your involvement in the pro

Re: Linux Documentation Project License (LDPL) v2.0

2005-09-25 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > All identifiers have scope; if the license doesn't specify, there's no > reason to think you can't use an identifier whose scope is limited to your > involvement in the project. :) It's a reasonable interpretation. The problem is that there are _other