Re: non-free artwork in main

2006-09-29 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > today I received two bugreports regarding non-free artwork in my > packages. I maintain several iconsets with thousands of icons. I think > it is quite impossible to check every single icon whether it is free or not. > > Most icons don't contai

Re: non-free artwork in main

2006-09-26 Thread Ben Finney
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Beware not to be confused between licensing issues and trademark > ones. I think perhaps you mean "confused between copyright licensing issues and trademark licensing ones". Both copyright and trademarks reserve rights to the holder, who can then gra

Re: non-free artwork in main

2006-09-26 Thread Frank Küster
Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I make sure that my packages are really clean? Is there a > best-practice solution for situations like this? > > Should artwork be generally considered non-free to avoid violations > (even when it contains free stuff)? I think in order to have

Re: non-free artwork in main

2006-09-26 Thread Norbert Preining
On Die, 26 Sep 2006, Bastian Venthur wrote: > How can I make sure that my packages are really clean? Is there a > best-practice solution for situations like this? I recommend the following way: - as soon as you know of a problem, fix it (new .dfsg orig.tar) - actively try to check - otherwise ass

non-free artwork in main

2006-09-26 Thread Bastian Venthur
Hi, today I received two bugreports regarding non-free artwork in my packages. I maintain several iconsets with thousands of icons. I think it is quite impossible to check every single icon whether it is free or not. Most icons don't contain a copyright string, so grepping for certain keywords is

Re: non-free artwork in main

2006-09-26 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 26 septembre 2006 à 14:57 +0200, Bastian Venthur a écrit : > Hi, > > today I received two bugreports regarding non-free artwork in my > packages. I maintain several iconsets with thousands of icons. I think > it is quite impossible to check every single icon whether it is free or not. >