Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Can I have some UI images in the public domain?

[Caroline F. <car...@go...>]

Albert Cahalan wrote:
> I'm trying to put together a nice test pattern image. The main intent
> is to characterize the OLPC XO (formerly "$100 laptop") display,
> which is rather weird. Mostly I will be using a zone plate, which is
> a set of concentric circles with varying thickness. I'll also be including
> some "fixed" font (xterm default) text, normal and 2x, and some
> black-and-white patterns that I think will show up in wild colors.
> Hopefully I'll get somebody to photograph the results.
>
> Tux Paint is GPL. It would be nice if I could include some of the UI
> in my test image. While I could make the test image pure GPL, that
> gets rather weird and would prevent usage on most wikis. It's much
> better if the image is public domain. I may ultimately multi-license
> the image as LGPL, GFDL, and at least one of the Creative Commons
> licenses. The GPL prevents this.
>
> I'd like to include anything that might be cause for concern on a
> blurry display with color fringe artifacts. I guess that would mean
> three buttons (all three states), Tux, and a sample of Tux text.
> Anything troublesome I might have missed?
>
>   
Which wikis? Wikimedia Commons takes images that are GPLed.

Caroline