[Fedora-marketing-list] Fedora Wallpapers
Nicu Buculei
nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Wed Jul 12 06:40:12 UTC 2006
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).
--
nicu
Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/
Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org
my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro
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