LGPL icons

[David Vignoni]

At 21.00 04/06/04, you wrote:
>Hi Dave,
>
>On Friday 04 Jun 2004 17:32, David Vignoni wrote:
> > Hello. I've a question about usage of icons released under LGPL.
> > I'm author of Nuvola Icon Theme, and I've released it under LGPL 2.1 cause
> > it is needed for a future inclusion into KDE CVS.
>[...]
> > Now, I recive many emails everyday from person asking to use icons taken
> > from Nuvola theme for :
> >
> >       1. personal site
> >       2. commercial site
> >       3. shareware application
> >       4. l/gpled application (and this is the only case I'm sure they can)
> >       5. web communities
> >
> > What the LGPL license imply in these cases?
>
>Under the LGPL, people are free to copy, modify and redistribute modified
>versions of your icons without restriction. If they distribute your icons (in
>any of those case) they must distribute them under the LGPL, preserving your
>original copyright notice. But they needn't distribute anything that uses
>them under the LGPL (so, for example, they can release their shareware
>application under a very nasty restrictivel license if they like, *so long
>as* the icons are distributed under the LGPL as part of the download).
>
>The note you've copied from the Crystal set seems to add, or point out, that
>the license can only be displayed as a text file included in the download,
>whereas normally in software or in a library it might be included in the user
>interface, or in the installation screens, or in some other obvious location.
>Personally, I don't see why that note is necessary, but then I'm not a
>lawyer :-)

Ok, you're right the license can be displayed in other cases I'll fix the 
part of text confunding.
This means if a commercial/shareware software, in their license notice they 
have to add a note saying they are using icons released under LGPL 
copyrighted by me.

thank you for your explanation, it is clear now.

bye

David