[theme-reviewers] bundled images licenses

[Chip Bennett]

If you are not the owner of a work, you cannot re-license that work.

So, if you get a social network icon directly from that social network's
site, and the site hasn't distributed that icon under a GPL-compatible
license, then you can't arbitrarily re-license it as GPL. Instead, you'll
need to find a GPL-licensed icon to use instead (or make your own, and then
license them under GPL).


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If i download the social icons from respective social networks and create
> social icons, can i license them as gpl?
> Because most social networks have rules about how to use their logos and
> thats not GPL?
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> Well, if you've said that "bundled images are too GPL licensed", then
>> you've explicitly stated the license. :)
>>
>> Just be sure that the "unless stated otherwise" is accompanied by
>> actually stating otherwise, where applicable.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Chip,
>>> That's my theme Paul is reviewing. I need a little more help here.
>>>
>>> Since those social icons are downloaded directly from their official
>>> sites, do I really have to mention the license? Or just a note about that
>>> will be suffice?
>>> I am thinking something like this in the *readme.txt*.
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>     License:
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> The Theme, WPBoxes, is licensed under GPLv3.
>>>
>>> The Social Media icons, bundled images are too GPL licensed and owned by
>>> the respective sites, unless stated otherwise.
>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Please share your thoughts
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> You should require the user to state the license explicitly. The links
>>>> to the source information are good, and should be retained. But the license
>>>> terms for any and all bundled resources need to be included in the Theme
>>>> itself, so that end users and downstream developers don't have to go
>>>> searching for license information.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Paul de Wouters <
>>>> pauldewouters at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm reviewing a theme which has a number of bundled social media icons
>>>>> and another one that I traced back here
>>>>> http://rocketdock.com/addon/icons/2724
>>>>>
>>>>> I asked the author to provide links to the original sources of the
>>>>> icons and he did
>>>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/10557/resources.txt
>>>>>
>>>>> but nowhere is the license stated. What do other reviewers do in this
>>>>> case?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>>
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