Re: distributing a restricted branding icon OK?

2011-03-15 Thread Hendrik Weimer
Gabriel Burt writes: > Is changing http://www.emusic.com/favicon.ico to a PNG "modifying" it? > > Assume it's not, would we be OK including that image in our Debian > package of Banshee? The way iceweasel handles non-free search engine logos is to download them into the user's local profile when

Re: distributing a restricted branding icon OK?

2011-03-15 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 15 mars 2011 à 11:54 -0500, Gabriel Burt a écrit : > Is changing http://www.emusic.com/favicon.ico to a PNG "modifying" it? > > Assume it's not, would we be OK including that image in our Debian > package of Banshee? No, it would not. This icon is not free, in terms of copyright - and t

distributing a restricted branding icon OK?

2011-03-15 Thread Gabriel Burt
We are working on an eMusic.com extension to Banshee. They allow use (http://www.emusic.com/affiliate/affiliate_faq.html#9) of their unmodified logo. Bruce said back in 2005 (on http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/08/msg00069.html): When creating the DFSG, I recognized, and respected,