Re: SVG version of GDB mascot (archer fish)

[Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>]

> On Tue, Sep 26 2017, Pedro Alves wrote:
> 
>> On 09/25/2017 11:28 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:

> 
>> Is this an Inkspace SVG?  If so, I believe that it's a good
>> idea to export it as an Optimized SVG for the web.
>>
>> If already optimized / stripped of custom extensions, it
>> may be desirable to also provide access to the original file
>> for future editing and adaptation, if Andreas is willing.
> 
> It's already optimized.  Yes, I can provide the Inkscape version as
> well.  I'll add it to the patch.

Thanks so much.

> 
>> Do we need to say something about copyright/license?
> 
> Since the SVG is strongly based on the original drawing,
> it seems to me that we can not choose the license independently.  The
> original fish is licensed as "CC BY-SA 3.0 US":
> 
>   http://www.bluebutton.com/misc/archer.comment

Interesting.  How did you find this, OOC?  I couldn't
find a link in the page.  I wasn't around when the drawing was
created, and I wonder whether there's something in the
mailing list archives that we could link to.

> 
> So I assume that the SVG version has to be licensed in the same way.  In
> my patch I'll update the "mascot" page with the licensing information
> and a link to the license
> (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/).

Makes sense to me.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves