Kodos (Artwork copyright question)

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 22:02 -0500, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> I'm currently packaging Kodos visual regex debugger[1] to submit to
> Extras, but in the process I've discovered that it includes and uses the
> graphic[2] that is, what looks like, a fanwork rendition of a minor
> Simpsons character[3]. The images don't serve any useful purpose in the
> program itself, but I still wanted to know what esteemed collegues think
> about their inclusion in something provided in Extras. Since it's an
> imitation rendition, I didn't think it'd be a problem, but I'm not an
> expert in these matters.
> 
> [1] http://kodos.sourceforge.net/
> [2] http://kodos.sourceforge.net/help/kodos.html
> [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_characters_within_The_Simpsons#Kang_and_Kodos
> 

I'd say kill the graphic. It looks like a potential problem and it
doesn't serve any purpose. Of course there is the second concern that
kodos is a protected name by the creators of the simpsons.

This might be one package that we want to pass onto legal about.

-sv