On Wed, 08 Oct 2003, Peter Karlsson wrote: > What, for example, would the preferred editing form of an icon > included a program be? Whatever form was used to create the icon in the first place, or as close to that form as is possible to come. [.svg, .xcf, etc.] > Often, these are rendered versions of images created elsewhere, and > the "source" files for them are not included. Does that make the game > non-free? "Often, these [programs] are compiled versions of source code created elsewhere, and the source files for them are not included. Does that make the program non-free?" In cases where possible, upstream should endeavor to include as much of the original content necessary to recreate the game, program or whatever. In cases where the original content has been destroyed via accident, there's little we can do, but in every other case, GPL (FE) compliance behooves you to provide the prefered form for modification. In almost every case, that means the data files you yourself used to create the images in the first place and/or make the modifications. Don Armstrong -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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