[theme-reviewers] explicit license statements for binaries

[Doug Stewart]

Not by my lights. Non-SVGs are (for the most part) rendered bitmaps.
To meet the "source code" burden, I would think the .xcf, .psd, etc.
would be necessary.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> The binary *is* the editable source, isn't it?
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Here's my question:
>> How does a developer provide the "source" in order to comply with GPL
>> licensing constraints?
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>> > How do we feel about adding the following to the Guidelines, as another
>> > bullet under Licensing :
>> >
>> > "If the theme includes any binary files (such as images, fonts, or
>> > icons),
>> > themes are required to explicitly declare all GPL-compatible licenses
>> > for
>> > these files (this can be done in readme.txt)."
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 9 February 2012 19:44, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The main question is: who holds the *copyright* on the binaries in
>> >> question, and is the *copyright holder's license* explicit?
>> >>
>> >> if the Theme dev has created all of the binaries (images, etc.) in the
>> >> Theme, then the style.css license declaration is sufficient. If, on the
>> >> other hand, the Theme is bundling binaries for which the developer
>> >> *isn't*
>> >> the copyright holder, then the original copyright and license need to
>> >> be
>> >> included explicitly.
>> >>
>> >> Chip
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> If the media in general is GPL  I don't think that they need to
>> >>> be separated from the i.e. license.txt. Everything can
>> >>> be combined into one
>> >>> license, either license.txt or link to browser-based license. If the
>> >>> licence
>> >>> is GPL-Compatible, small note in readme.txt should be more than
>> >>> enough.
>> >>>
>> >>> Emil
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Speaking of: http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Licensing
>> >>>>
>> >>>> and http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme-reviewers/2011-October/007141.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> How do you all handle licensing for binaries, such as images, fonts,
>> >>>> etc? I've been quite a hard-ass with it lately in my reviews because
>> >>>> of the
>> >>>> above two references, but I'm noticing that it's difficult to even
>> >>>> point
>> >>>> people to an approved theme in the repo where it's done well. And if
>> >>>> it's
>> >>>> only a few images/graphics, are people being more lenient?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> One could argue that if the explicit license isn't there for
>> >>>> binaries,
>> >>>> then it falls under the general statement in style.css - but that
>> >>>> makes me
>> >>>> feel funny.
>> >>>>
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-Doug