#35829: Update Font Awesome icons
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Reporter: stefan6419846 | Type: Bug
Status: new | Component: contrib.admin
Version: dev | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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While looking through the source code, I stumbled upon the
https://github.com/django/django/tree/main/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/img
directory.
From reading the provided information, these files were originally created
by the Font Awesome project, although being converted to standalone SVG
files by some third-party. As far as I can see, they have received some
modifications for Django to set some other color for example.
There possibly are multiple license-related aspects which show up here
(Disclaimer: IANAL):
* Splitting the big SVG file as done by ''Font-Awesome-SVG-PNG'' might be
considered derivative work with a new name per OFL-1.1 and at least is
covered by the weak copyleft effect of the OFL-1.1. The MIT LICENSE file
provided in the directory is clearly wrong here.
* Changing the color of individual files or re-arranging them can more
likely be considered derivative work, usually requiring using a different
name under the terms of the OFL-1.1 and applying the OFL-1.1 to these
files.
Given these observations, I would propose to update this directory
accordingly:
1. Update Font Awesome to the latest version. Desktop releases for version
6.6.0 already provide individual SVG files which actually have a license
comment inside as well.
2. Update the README and LICENSE file accordingly to indeed include the
correct license text, id est the OFL-1.1 one. The README ideally documents
which changes were done.
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