Re: Is the pixabay license a free license as per DFSG?
Please ignore this request for info:
"sale or distribution of Images or Videos as digital stock photos or
as digital wallpapers;"
The above clause would stop inclusion of any pixabay image in a
wallpaper Debian package.
Sorry for the noise.
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 14:12, foss.freedom <foss.freedom@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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