[theme-reviewers] GPL-compatible social media icon sets

[Amy Hendrix]

We definitely do need more good choices - but not GPL!

If such a thing were to be kickstarted, it would only make sense if it
were aimed at projects other than just WordPress, and there's a large
part of the open-source world that can't or won't work with GPL
because it's too restrictive. At any rate, GPL is designed for
software, and the terms don't make sense for design. CC-Zero (which is
just a formalized way of releasing something into the Public Domain)
is probably the safest bet here. And yes, it's the only CC License
that's GPL-compatible ;)

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Greg Priday <greg at siteorigin.com> wrote:
> Nicely spotted Kirk, I actually stopped reading Orman's license before
> it got to that big, bold, important part. My bad.
>
> There are some decent GPL icon packs - but I think our theming
> community needs way more. Perhaps there'd be some interest in a
> Kickstarter/Crowd Funding project to hire a few designers to create
> some fresh GPL icon packs. What do you guys think?
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've considered adding a way for users to download and install
>> CC-licensed images/icons post-install to avoid this sort of nonsense.
>>
>> Artists: do the GPL stuff a solid, huh?
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>>> Orman Clark's icon set is not GPL-compatible. From the licensing page:
>>>
>>> "You are not permitted to make the resources found on Premium Pixels
>>> available for distribution elsewhere “as is” without prior consent."
>>>
>>> The best list so far is still the one mentioned on the Theme Review Codex
>>> page:
>>>
>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#GPL-Compatible_Icon_Sets
>>>
>>> Be careful when evaluating other icon sets. A lot of them are "open source",
>>> "free for personal and commercial use" or "Creative Commons", but these are
>>> not necessarily GPL-compatible. A good resource is the FSF's own comments
>>> about various licenses:
>>>
>>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30 April 2012 07:06, Greg Priday <greg at siteorigin.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Syahir
>>>>
>>>> It'd be great if Emil would release the PSDs for his set. They're
>>>> really top notch - it'd be nice to customize them.
>>>>
>>>> As for other sets. Orman Clark released a set
>>>>
>>>> http://www.premiumpixels.com/freebies/buddycons-126-free-vector-based-social-media-icons/
>>>>
>>>> I think his license is GPL compatible
>>>> http://www.premiumpixels.com/licensing/
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Greg Priday
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Syahir Hakim <khairulsyahir at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi everyone,
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm looking for suggestions from anyone for a GPL-compatible social
>>>> > media
>>>> > icon sets. I know of two currently, Emil's social media icon set and
>>>> > ElegantThemes social media icon set. However, Emil's icon set colour
>>>> > scheme
>>>> > do not match the theme I intend to use it for, and the ElegantThemes
>>>> > icon
>>>> > set is a little bit old and outdated.
>>>> >
>>>> > I've been searching for this for a few days now, so any suggestions
>>>> > would be
>>>> > much appreciated.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks!
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > Syahir Hakim
>>>> >
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