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

Tue May 1 12:52:47 UTC 2012

Agreed and current licenses are GPL-Compatible and that should stay, no
other mambo-jambo licenses should be even considered ;)

Emil

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> ... too bad it's not simply dictated the only acceptable license is GPLv2,
> period ... no other license will be accepted. Now that would solve a lot of
> these issues very quickly (*grin*)
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>>>> >>>>
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