On Wednesday 21 April 2010 23:24:57 Javier Llorente wrote: > > Here's a more detailed explanation of my situation: > > I have hand picked some Oxygen icons, adapted (modified) some Oxygen and > Crystal icons, and created the configuration & README. > > The Oxygen icons are under both LGPL and CC-by-SA > Quoting http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ > [...] > "Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may > distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible > license." > > It seems to me that the cc-by-sa is ok in this case. I could re-license my > collection to have it under the Apache license. > > The Crystal icons are under the LGPL (only, no dual licensing from what > I've read). So I understand that here lies the problem. I could look for a > solution like replacing them (they're just a few). > > Another possibility could be having distributions (if they choose to do so) > shipping Apache with this collection of icons enabled by default. But I > prefer contributing my grain of salt upstream so that anyone can use it, > regardless of the distribution. > > BTW, thanks a lot for you explanation on licensing :) >
I have just talked with Pinheiro and he told me that the Oxygen icons are no longer dual-licensed. They're under the LGPL only, so they cannot be part of Apache. However, distributions can still make them the default icons. That's good enough :) Greetings, -- Javier Llorente
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