Re: [Fedora-marketing-list] Fedora Wallpapers

[Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora nicubunu ro>]

Máirín Duffy wrote:
> I really don't like the idea of having NoDerivs applied to Fedora 
> artwork as that seems to render it 'closed source' in a way. If other 
> artists would like to take NoDeriv-licensed wallpapers, 'remix' them, 
> and make them available, they cannot under the provisions of that 
> license. The rationale for the NoDerivs clause on any artwork that uses 
> the Fedora logo makes no sense to me. We're not licensing our code 
> 'NoDerivs,' why would we want to license our artwork NoDerivs? It 
> doesn't protect the logo - it protects everything in the image but the 
> Fedora logo, case in point:
[...]
> This all seems to be a sore topic though. How do we discuss this and 
> move forward with a solid policy? I think this is a very important step 
> for the Fedora Art team to grow.

I couldn't agree more.
If I am forced to publish my artwork as NoDerivs, then I prefer to put 
it on my own website, with whatever license I want and let the Google 
search decide what users get for 'fedora wallpapers' (for the time 
being, my page is the first, 'I feel lucky', result).

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nicu
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