Is the pixabay license a free license as per DFSG?
It seems pixabay has now changed its license - it used to be CC0
Is the new license a Debian compatible "free" license - i.e. something
Debian would recognise as following the Debian Free Software
Guidelines ?
https://pixabay.com/en/service/terms/#license
Reproduced the license from the above URL here:
"
License for Images and Videos – Pixabay License
Images and Videos on Pixabay are made available under the Pixabay
License on the following terms. Under the Pixabay License you are
granted an irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and royalty free
right to use, download, copy, modify or adapt the Images and Videos
for commercial or non-commercial purposes. Attribution of the
photographer or Pixabay is not required but is always appreciated.
The Pixabay License does not allow:
sale or distribution of Images or Videos as digital stock photos or as
digital wallpapers;
sale or distribution of Images or Videos e.g. as a posters, digital
prints or physical products, without adding any additional elements or
otherwise adding value;
depiction of identifiable persons in an offensive, pornographic,
obscene, immoral, defamatory or libelous way; or
any suggestion that there is an endorsement of products and services
by depicted persons, brands, and organisations, unless permission was
granted.
Please be aware that while all Images and Videos on Pixabay are free
to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes, depicted items in
the Images or Videos, such as identifiable people, logos, brands, etc.
may be subject to additional copyrights, property rights, privacy
rights, trademarks etc. and may require the consent of a third party
or the license of these rights - particularly for commercial
applications. Pixabay does not represent or warrant that such consents
or licenses have been obtained, and expressly disclaims any liability
in this respect."
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