<div dir="ltr">Dane Morgan was probably asking a theoretical question :)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:27 AM, devcorn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wp@devcorn.com" target="_blank">wp@devcorn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I do agree with chip, for any work to qualify for free, it should explicitly give following four freedoms.<div>
<br></div><div><ul style="margin:1em 1em 1em 1.4em;padding:0px;color:rgb(53,56,42);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside;line-height:1.3em">The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside;line-height:1.3em">The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside;line-height:1.3em">The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:disc outside;line-height:1.3em">
The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.</li>
</ul><div><font color="#35382a" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15.555556297302246px;line-height:20.798612594604492px">source : </span></font><a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>As per gnu when above four things are not there, or no license is attached then it is not gnu compatible <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I believe above mentioned author have good intentions, if you have reach then you can educate him.. if he can add gnu compatible license or mention above four things.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div>
<div>Ash</div><div><a href="http://devcorn.com" target="_blank">http://devcorn.com</a></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The main problem with that isn't that the terms aren't GPL-compatible, but that no explicit license is declared. Without an explicit license, there is a risk that, at some point in the future, the copyright owner could chose to change the terms to be more restrictive - and you wouldn't have much of anything to rely on at that point.<div>
<br></div><div>I've actually had that happen. In previous versions of Oenology, I used icons from a set called IconSweets2. That set was originally released under ambiguous terms much like the ones you mention - but later, the copyright owner changed the terms, to restrict redistribution. Now, I was in the clear, because I bundled the exact terms under which I was conveyed the iconset, and I was free to continue using the icons under those terms. But I decided to switch to Genericons, just on principle.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As for those terms specifically: they address use, but they don't address redistribution, or creation/distribution of derivative works. So, just saying that something is "100% free to use anywhere you like" doesn't make it explicitly GPL-compatible.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Dane Morgan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dane@danemorganmedia.com" target="_blank">dane@danemorganmedia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I see questions about this license and that license from time to time,
but what about a resource the author declares 'license free'? Can that
be presumed to equal CC0, and thus be GPL compatible?<br>
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photos & etc to make the resources completely reusable. My intention
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