Re: Does logo under CC BY SA makes entire project SA

2015-02-25 Thread Ángel González
Simon pointed out the key question: if it is a derivative work or just an aggregation of two works (code + logo, or logo + text). I don't think it would be considered a derivative but IANAL. Also note that even if the executable was a derivative work of the logo (and thus subject to the CC-BY-SA

Re: Does logo under CC BY SA makes entire project SA

2015-02-25 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015, Simon McVittie wrote: > > "share alike" (thus copyleft) licensing of the entire project, i.e. it > > would not be available for close-source derivatives? > The important question is, is the code or documentation legally a > derivative work of the logo, or have they just been

Re: Does logo under CC BY SA makes entire project SA

2015-02-25 Thread Simon McVittie
On 25/02/15 15:55, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > Now at least we agreed that logo could be released under CC BY SA > (share-alike) license but I wondered: if I have a software project > which is under more permissive license (MIT or BSD-3) and then includes > that logo a) in the code b) in the doc

Does logo under CC BY SA makes entire project SA

2015-02-25 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
Dear IANALs, I am in a dialog about a license for a logo I once envisioned and then some proper designed helped to design but because naive me didn't disclose upfront the terms of the logo release -- got problematic. Now at least we agreed that logo could be released under CC BY SA (share-alike)