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From: Eric L. - F. <fre...@zo...> - 2007-03-17 19:14:29
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Hi Dan, if the license of the image is not free, there is a high risk that I (and others) can't package FreeMind for Debian/Jpackage/YouNameIt. Furthermore, it would sound strange to me to have a non-free Logo for a software under the GPL license. Getting the logo under GPL license would be the easiest to manage; but it would require in deed that the original vector graphic is provided (the source code so to say). As much as I am like Dimitry and would prefer this solution, I think that something like a free enough creative commons license (I think http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ would be good) would be acceptable, even based on the bitmap format. But to make it short, my requirement is that the license granted by Frank respects the Debian guidelines: http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines respectively the Open Source definition: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html I hope I could answer your questions, Eric Dan Polansky said: > Hello Eric and others, > > the licence of the logotype is specified in the following patch. > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1246974&group_id=7118&atid=307118 > > It is as follows. > > All the images are copyright (C) 2005 by Frank Appel > (Foundax.com). The right is granted to distribute the icons > and the splash screen as part of free mind mapping software > FreeMind, either in their original form, or converted to > other image format than the original PNG. > > We do not have right to modify the logotype without Frank Appel's consent. > We do not have a vector graphics format version. > > We have the right to convert the logotype to any other image format. > > Eric, you said that the state of affairs where we cannot modify the > logotype > is not acceptable for you. Can you bring about some reasons or suggestions > for improvement of the licence? What rights do you think FreeMind team > should get granted by Frank Appel? Based on what reasoning? > > Best regards, > Dan > > > On 3/14/07, Dimitry Polivaev <dpo...@gm...> wrote: >> >> > As a side note: the default without explicit license would be that we >> > can't do any change to the logo-set without asking the author; that >> > wouldn't be acceptable to me, and I would bring this as an argument >> > against the new logo-set. >> >> In order to make changes in the logo one needs the logo in some vector >> graphic format. Changing the bitmaps, for instance changing of colors, >> replacing of texts and so on, does not work so easy and safe. >> >> Could it be possible to ask the Author to send us the vector version, if >> he is generally agreed that we could make some changes. >> >> Dimitry >> -- Eric de France, d'Allemagne et de Navarre |
