Re: SVG version of GDB mascot (archer fish)

Pedro Alves
2017-10-04T14:08:24Z

On 09/29/2017 01:16 PM, 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.
>

Note that:

- we've been using the original image with CC BY-SA 3 for
many years, so that would not be a new problem.

- the website is not GPL, AFAIK. All pages end with:

"Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted
in any medium, provided this notice is preserved."

But in any case, I agree that it's good to upgrade the license to
avoid questions if we ever want to combine it with GPLv3 sources.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves