Re: SVG version of GDB mascot (archer fish)

[Andreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Fri, Sep 29 2017, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Andreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>, gdb@sourceware.org
>> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:35:57 +0200
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 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/).
>
> FWIW, https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#OtherLicenses
> only mentions CC BY-SA 4.0, so I think we should first find out
> whether version 3.0 is GPL-compatible.

Hm, if I understand the license terms of CC BY-SA 3.0 US correctly, I
should be able to upgrade the license of my derivative work to CC BY-SA
4.0.  Sounds like that would be preferable?

--
Andreas