Re: Bug#265352: grub: Debian splash images for Grub
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 06:15:23PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 12:06:53PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > As an mildly-related aside: what is the policy on short snippets of
> > material, presumably included under some variant of Fair Use? I know of
> > one package (fillets-ng) which contains a very brief clip (about a
> > second, I think) constructed from a couple of images from "The Simpsons".
>
> Since Debian can't depend on free use (since many jurisdictions don't
> have it), it shouldn't be distributing anything based on it. This
> sounds like a bug.
On some more reflection, I can't see how including images from the Simpsons
in a game is covered under Fair Use, either ...
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Glenn Maynard
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