[kde-community] Licensing for successor of Oxygen icon theme

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

Update: Thanks to Uri it's LGPL3+ now!

https://github.com/NitruxSA/plasma-next-icons/issues/4#issuecomment-65122125

thx & bye!

On 27 November 2014 at 17:38, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to ask what license we're going to require for the Breeze
> icons theme [1], considering it's a successor of Oxygen.
>
> There's some discussion at
> https://github.com/NitruxSA/plasma-next-icons/issues/4
>
> https://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy states:
>
> "Icons in oxygen-icons must be licensed under the LGPL 3 or later
> versions approved by KDE e.V. Icons elsewhere can be licensed under
> any of the terms in section 4 or 5. "
>
> If Breeze is Oxygen's successor, not the "icons elsewhere", so do you
> think this freedom rule would apply too? So Android apps and
> MPL-licensed LibreOffice can use the icons, and LGPL KDE modules
> (frameworks) can re-use the Breeze art-work. Also web sites. And the
> results can be compiled in LGPL objects if needed, finally used with
> GPL-incompatible Qt Quick apps.
>
> [1] https://github.com/NitruxSA/plasma-next-icons
>
> --
> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>
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-- 
regards, Jaroslaw Staniek

KDE:
: A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
: and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
Calligra Suite:
: A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
Kexi:
: A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
Qt Certified Specialist:
: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek