Re: [gNewSense-users] [Artwork] Is Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license acceptable for Official gNewSense Artwork?

[Karl Goetz]

Dave Crossland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license acceptable for
> Official gNewSense Artwork?
>
> Tango is according to
> http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project and there is *a
> lot* of CC-BY-SA material out there, especially useful for wallpapers.
> There are plans for compatibility between CC-BY-SA and FDL, but
> nothing concrete at the moment, afaik.

I think perhaps [1] should be taken into consideration when deciding on 
licences.
RMS says no CC licences are GPL compatible (which is hoped to change 
with CC3), however the linked page says:
"This is a copyleft free license meant for artistic works and 
entertainment works. Please don't use it for software or documentation, 
since it is incompatible with the GNU GPL and with the GNU FDL.
...
We recommend using the  Free Art License, rather than this one, so as to 
avoid augmenting the problem caused by the vagueness of "a Creative 
Commons license". "

Which brings up the problem of finding stuff licensed under the free art 
licence... which is just as unfree it seems.

kk

[1] http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html

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Karl Goetz
User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnewsense.org
Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam