I think this is fixed upstream... all CC 2.0/2.5 licenses have been
removed from Inkscape trunk [1].  Can a patch be backported?

AV

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/12514

On 13 September 2013 21:11, Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:05:20PM +0200, Luca BRUNO wrote:
>> > Perhaps you can clarify this with the Inkscape authors ?  Maybe they
>> > intended GPL-2 anyway...
>>
>> I don't think so. The logo was contributed by jimmac and originally
>> under CC. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/345778
>>
>> > Severity: serious
>> >
>> > that the Inkscape icon contains a statement suggesting that its
>> > license is CC-BY-SA 2.0.  This is unfortunate, as Debian's FTP team
>> > does not consider it Free.
>>
>> I'm unsure about this. I remember an old thread on -project where it
>> was found that clause 4b of CC-BY-SA 2.0 allows upgrading to later
>> version, and several packages already fit in that case.
>> I think we are in the same case.
>>
>> Moreover, I can still get in touch with jimmac and ask for a license
>> change, or just apply clause 4b upstream.
>
> 4b only applies to derivitive works. I don't know who made this rumor,
> but it's resulted in a few REJECTs.
>
> Cheers,
>    Paul
>
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