Re: [Fsuk-manchester] DFEY - Logo Competition - Cash Prizes

[Lucy]

2009/5/4 Simon Ward <address@hidden>:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:35:53PM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
>> * All entries must be licenced under Creative Commons Zero Licence
>> http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
>
> Interesting choice of licence.  Would you not also accept WTFPL and any
> similar licences?  Is CC-by, or CC-by-SA really not acceptable?  I think
> the reasons for this  decision are something that people on the list
> might be interested to hear.

I fully understand Tim's concerns regarding attribution and I also
don't think it's workable for a logo.

It's interesting that no-one's mentioned CC-SA though.

Is PD verses copyleft so important when it comes to a simple image?
It's a genuine question because I'm not sure at the moment and would
be interested to hear others opinions.


>> * Ideally, should be created solely using free software but entries
>> created using non-free software will be accepted.
>
> Given that the group is at least in part about freedom (if it isn’t, why
> is it being bandied about here?), and that free software provides all of
> the tools necessary, even if they do work differently to the de facto
> standard proprietary software, I don’t think it is necessary to allow
> the use of software that goes against freedom (with the obvious caveat
> that this takes away a freedom of the author to use proprietary
> software).

I think this is a difficult one and I'm not sure where I stand. It
would be incredibly difficult to check that a logo has been created
using solely free software for starters (does the OS count in this
case or the gfx driver?). Also, mandating only free software excludes
those who want to get involved in the community but aren't yet running
free software or at least free software graphics programs. Maybe
someone doesn't have a computer at home and has to use one at school
where they have no choice of software..