Re: Clarifying and Documenting Licensing Requirements and Best Practices in Ubuntu

[Simon Quigley]

Hi Erich,

On 1/21/25 07:27 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
[snip]

Just throwing this in there additionally, with regards to images.

Some images do not meet the threshold of originality[1] that is
required in order to claim copyright on an image, such as those that
only contain simple text and shapes. That is not to say they can't
receive trademark status, just that they cannot have a copyright
claimed on them.

In the past, it has been agreed to that the images that in these cases,
they remain in the public domain and the DEP-5 stanzas would be
formatted as follows:

    Files: {path to file}
    Copyright: None
    License: Public-Domain

     This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text.
     It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright
     protection, and is therefore in the public domain.

This was agreed to in the review of the edubuntu-menu package with
regards to the Ask Ubuntu logo, which is cited as not having met the
threshold of originality[2].

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Threshold_of_originality
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ask_Ubuntu_logo.svg

License: Public-Domain

Thanks! This is a good one!

Would you be willing to provide exact text that I can put in the document, or 
give me permission to quote you (almost) exactly?

Thanks in advance,
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