Re: [gNewSense-art] Query re Use of gNewSense Logo as Business Logo

[Sam Geeraerts]

Luis Felipe López Acevedo wrote:
> 2011/4/8 Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden>
> > I assume you refer to the current "palm tree" logo. We have new artwork for
> > the upcoming release. Not that it matters much which you use, but I don't
> > remember Luis specifying a license for the new artwork. Luis, can you
> > comment?
> The files in the tarball[1] have no licence yet, sorry. What license would
> you consider better for this?

I had a chat about it with Karl Goetz.

I believe the themes are based on Clearlooks, which is GPLv2 or later. 
We could opt for GPLv3 there, but I see no reason to.

For the rest (logo and backgrounds) I think we should avoid anything 
that requires source (e.g. GPL). It's nice in theory, but in practice it 
just leads to questions I'd rather not spend time on. Karl suggested the 
Expat license: nice and simple, and we don't have to worry about 
combining it with other works. It's also what Debian use for the swirl 
[1]. If you prefer copyleft instead, then I suggest the Free Art license 
(I haven't looked at its compatibility in detail).

[1] http://www.debian.org/logos/#open-use

P.S.: Sorry for not getting back sooner. As it concerns artwork that 
we'll be identifying with for some time I preferred to take the time to 
read some licenses again.