Re: Release Team Sprint Results
No need, they're not, since it's not combined with the GPL'd code.
Thanks,
Paul
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Juliette Belin <juliette.belin@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
> I can change the licence, I didn't know they were incompatible.
>
> 2014-12-03 22:06 GMT+01:00 Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org>:
>>
>> 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...
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> fsck is a four letter word...
>> ..................................................... Francesco Poli .
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