Re: Analysis of the Free Art License 1.3 (original) (raw)

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:24:00 -0400 David Prévot wrote:

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Le 19/01/2011 22:24, Simon Chopin a écrit :

Hi !

Hi all, Kalle CCed,

Hello! I am also CC:ing Kalle.

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IMHO (very humble, actually), I don't see where this license isn't DFSG-compliant,

Please see my analysis: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/01/msg00119.html and my recent reply: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2011/01/msg00042.html

but I am able to understand the French version, and have to agree with David on the inaccuracy of the translation.

The inaccurate English translation is a flaw in itself.

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I also assume the license forces the www-team to package the licenced stuff into a separate package. Am I correct, and would it be easily doable ?

Actually, the website itself is not packaged, so it doesn't need to comply with the DFSG

It doesn't need to, since it's not part of the Debian system (see the Social Contract), but I think it should be as close to DFSG-free as possible (ideally perfectly DFSG-free). See also http://bugs.debian.org/238245

(well, where would the Debian Logo go? ;-),

Oh, let's not open that can of worms within this thread, please: it would drive the discussion far far away... The Debian Logo license issue has been discussed several times on debian-legal and elsewhere, so let's avoid mixing two mostly unrelated topics.

but the question remains to include Kalle's design in a package like installation-guide.

Good question: in that case, it would be greatly appreciated if Kalle's design were licensed under GPL-v2-compatible terms.

Kalle, would it be OK for you to publish your design under a double license (e.g. Free Art License 1.3 and GPL if this is possible)?

I would also like to express my personal desire to see Kalle's design licensed (or at least dual-licensed) under the GNU GPL v2. Please, Kalle, consider doing so!

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