I talked with doctormo about it (cc'd) - I think the license change might
be retroactive?

Thanks erryboddy!
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On Sep 14, 2013 10:07 AM, "Alex Valavanis" <valavanisa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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