Re: Libart

[Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:22:26PM -0500 or thereabouts, b p wrote:
> http://art.gnome.org/art-icons/index.php
> 
> Sorry to bring this up again, but my last question on the subject was 
> ultamitly unanswered (in fact, if anybody recognizes this question and can 
> re-circulate the orginal that would be nice as I don't keep these mails).

They are in the gnome-list archives:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-list/2004-January/msg00147.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-list/2004-January/thread.html#00147
(that goes to the thread, such as it is, in particular)

> 
> I guess it's more a question of the GPL, but I'm writing a small bit of 
> software for a local company and I used the stock icons (see URL above) in 
> the prog. I don't mind giving them the source (they paid for 
> implementation, after all), but I don't know if I'm right to use it in 
> this program. It's for internal use only and I don't know if I need to 
> make clear that I didn't charge for the program, I charged for 
> implementation or what. As I said in the first mail the last thing I want 
> to do is violate the GPL.
> 
> Any thoughts?

I was asking around on IRC about this. One solution is simply
to ask the original creators for their permission to use them
in this way. Apparently all but one are by tigert or jimmac.
I think adding @ximian.com onto each of those names will get 
you the email addresses.

(The remaining one is a composite of the others.) 

Since the GPL FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
is almost 100kb long, this is probably your best bet if you
are pressed for time. 

Telsa