Quoting Ben Hutchings (2014-05-10 14:37:35) > On Sat, 2014-05-10 at 11:10 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: >> Jonas Smedegaard brought to my attention that an image file [0] can >> embed a copyrighted ICC profile without license. > [...] > > This sounds like a ludicrous overreach of copyright. Isn't an ICC > descriptive, rather than creative? And the idea that vendors could > claim images made with their products (very likely with no explicit > action to use the profile) to be derivative works is appalling. I see it as two works embedded into same container: If a camera embeds a copyright-protected ICC profile each time is generates a JFIF file, I would consider only the ICC profile protected by that copyright, not the image data also embedded into same file. I believe Debian cannot ship the contents of Debian package icc-profiles in main. I believe it violates DFSG to ship e.g. JFIF or GIF files which contains copyright-protected but not freely licensed ICC profiles. I believe it does not violate DFSG to ship e.g. JFIF or GIF files which was upstream distributed with copyright-protected but not freely licensed ICC profiles, if repackaged to strip those ICC profiles. In many (but not all - need active decision by package maintainer) cases, ICC profiles can simply be stripped with no practical loss of functionality or quality. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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