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

Tue May 1 07:30:17 UTC 2012

One more thing sorry:

May I apply CC0 to computer software? If so, is there a recommended
implementation?

Yes, CC0 is suitable for dedicating your copyright and related rights in
computer software to the public domain, to the fullest extent possible
under law. Unlike CC licenses, which should not be used for
software<http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for_software.3F>,
CC0 is compatible with many software licenses, including the
GPL<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CC0>.
However, *CC0 has not been approved* by the Open Source
Initiative<http://opensource.org/> and
does not license or otherwise affect any patent rights you may have. You
may want to consider using an approved OSI license that does so instead of
CC0, such as GPL 3.0 <http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0> or
Apache 2.0<http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0>
.
This part is really important:
*CC0 has not been approved by the Open Source Initiative *and *You may want
to consider using an approved OSI license that does so instead of CC0, such
as GPL 3.0 <http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0> or Apache
2.0<http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0>
.*

Thanks,
Emil

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:

> Sorry for late response:
>
>  *Premium Pixels is good for Themes (at least that's what Orman says)*
>
> Can I use your resources in a ThemeForest theme/template?
> *Yes. No attribution required but appreciated. *
> *C’mon Mookie, do the right thing.*
> *
> *
> So it should be good for WPORG I think.
>
> This:
> *"You are not permitted to make the resources found on Premium Pixels
> available for distribution elsewhere “as is” without prior consent."*
>
> From what I can understand means that you cannot host the resource on
> example.com it does not mean that you cannot use it. Read the text after
> that
>
> *If you would like to feature our resources on your site, please do not
> link directly to the resource zip files as these URLs change periodically,
> please link to the appropriate page on PremiumPixels.com where users can
> find their download.*
>
> My icons in PSD, sure, as soon as I find free time. Responsive is keeping
> me so busy, it's getting near full-time job :)
>
> CC to be accepted! We're not going to do that nor "drive down to that road
> again". It's way too much complicated and it would create many legal
> issues. WordPress is GPL and everything else must be as well.
> Sorry Doug, nothing personal.
>
> CC being compatible with GPL, that would be no.
>
> My E-mail to CC:
>
> I was wondering if any Creative Commons license is compatible with GPL. If
>> so is there a link to that page on your site?
>
>
> E-mail from CC Nathan:
>
> Hi Emil,
>> My understanding is that no CC license is compatible with any GPL License.
>
>
>
> True Public Domain License or even WTFPL is always acceptable, while
> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC0_FAQ (same non-GPL-Compatible) will
> create so much issues to. The grey area what happens when "if" is in
> question:
>
> A person using CC0 (called the “affirmer” in the legal code) dedicates a
>> work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her copyright and
>> neighboring and related rights in a work, to the fullest extent permitted
>> by law. If the waiver isn’t effective for any reason, then CC0 acts as a
>> license from the affirmer granting the public an unconditional,
>> irrevocable, non exclusive, royalty free license to use the work for any
>> purpose.
>
>
> Enough said with the last quote from CC. And please I am urging you not to
> consider anything but 100% GPL-Compatible, it's not going to work!
>
> Thanks,
> Emil
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>
>> While icon fonts licensed SIL are GPL-compatible, the problem often comes
>> when you want to use just a subset of that font's glyphs to minimize
>> downloads (including 100-200K of fonts for a few icons doesn't make sense
>> to me). This requires creating your own font out of the desired icons
>> themselves and, unfortunately, a lot of the icons used to create the
>> SIL-licensed fonts are themselves not GPL-compatible. CC-BY-SA seems very
>> common for free icons and, as mentioned above, the only GPL-compatible CC
>> license is CC0.
>>
>> Fontomas is not a font but a service for creating these sub-set fonts,
>> and the icon sets used are not GPL-compatible (Entypo and Iconic icons are
>> both CC-BY-SA, WebSymbols I couldn't find solid info on). Free to use and
>> distribute in any personal or professional project, but not GPL-compatible.
>>
>> If submitted to the WordPress theme repo, a theme including the full
>> Iconic webfont could be accepted, but not a subset webfont generated by
>> Fontomas.
>>
>>
>>
>>  On 30 April 2012 12:57, Sayontan Sinha <sayontan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> One thing you can consider is using Icon Fonts. They will give you the
>>> flexibility to define your own color scheme and use them in combination
>>> with the fonts to make social media icons. There are quite a few free ones
>>> available. Check out http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/SC3hpq,
>>> wherein quite a few are GPL compatible (
>>> http://nodeca.github.com/fontomas/ is one), or
>>> http://openfontlibrary.org/.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Amy Hendrix <sabreuse at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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