Copyright of console illustrations
Hi!
I'm currently packaging the melonDS console emulator (ITP bug #1050348),
but I'm stuck. The emulator ships with two minimalist illustartions of
a Nintendo DS Lite game console; these illustrations are derived from
<https://www.dimensions.com/element/nintendo-ds-lite>, which have
a non-free (non-commercial uses) license.
The derived illustrations, shipped with the emulator, are here:
<https://salsa.debian.org/tachi/melonds/-/blob/793427e203df56edaa7f3046f92d7634998e091f/src/frontend/qt_sdl/InputConfig/resources/ds_open.svg>
My question is: are these illustrations copyrightable? To me, it seems
that they do not meet the threshold of originality of copyright law, as
they just report in SVG format a physical object. There's no
originality.
I was thinking, in the debian/copyright file, of writing something like
this:
Files: src/frontend/qt_sdl/InputConfig/resources/ds_back.svg
src/frontend/qt_sdl/InputConfig/resources/ds_open.svg
Copyright: 2021 melonDS team
License: public-domain
The two illustrations are in the public domain as they do not
meet the threshold of originality required for copyright to
apply.
.
The images are based on a Dimensions.com illustration,
modified to add color, remove real-life dimensions text, and
smoothen edges.
Does this make sense to you? Let me know!
Bye :)
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