On Wed, 3 Dec 2014 10:08:18 +0800 Paul Wise wrote: > I am not any of the responsible people, but: [...] Hello Paul, thanks for your kind reply. > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > Sorry if this is not too clear to me: does this message (which was sent > > to <debian-devel-announce@l.d.o>) mean that the Jessie default theme > > has already been decided? > > Yes: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2014/09/msg00002.html Mmmmh... the cited message states, in part: [...] | > For the scripted / XML parts it’s all based on Joy and former work and | > can be published under the same license(s). | > The KDM icons are from Joy also. | > The main artwork is already stated as CC-BY 3.0 by Juliette on the wiki. [...] Now, as stated on the debian/copyright file of the desktop-base package: [...] | The Joy theme is © 2012 Adrien Aubourg and released under the GPLv2 | license. [...] | The Joy plymouth script is Copyright © 2009 Canonical Ltd., | Copyright © 2010 Aurélien COUDERC and Copyright © 2012 Jonathan Carter under | the GPLv2+. [...] | The Joy KDM theme is © 2012 Eshat Cakar and © 2010 Roman Shtylman GPLv2 | with artwork from Adrien Aubourg under the GPLv2 license. [...] [quoted from https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/d/desktop-base/copyright-8.0.0~exp1 ] The question is: how can the Lines theme be released under CC-by-v3.0, when it's in part based on material available under GPL-v2 ? These two licenses are notoriously incompatible with each other. I think that Juliette Belin should be asked to re-license the Lines theme under the terms of the GNU GPL v2. Or, at least, to dual-license it. > > > Moreover, are some (or all) of these proposed themes going to be > > included in the desktop-base package? > > Or just the "chosen one"? > > Just the chosen one > > We have wanted multiple theme packages in Debian for a long time but > it hasn't happened yet. [...] That's unfortunate. Things like boot loader or display manager themes should be made easy to choose for the system administrator... -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ fsck is a four letter word... ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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