[theme-reviewers] bundled images licenses

[Srikanth Koneru]

If i download the social icons from respective social networks and create
social icons, can i license them as gpl?
Because most social networks have rules about how to use their logos and
thats not GPL?


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Well, if you've said that "bundled images are too GPL licensed", then
> you've explicitly stated the license. :)
>
> Just be sure that the "unless stated otherwise" is accompanied by actually
> stating otherwise, where applicable.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com> wrote:
>
>> Chip,
>> That's my theme Paul is reviewing. I need a little more help here.
>>
>> Since those social icons are downloaded directly from their official
>> sites, do I really have to mention the license? Or just a note about that
>> will be suffice?
>> I am thinking something like this in the *readme.txt*.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>     License:
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> The Theme, WPBoxes, is licensed under GPLv3.
>>
>> The Social Media icons, bundled images are too GPL licensed and owned by
>> the respective sites, unless stated otherwise.
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Please share your thoughts
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> You should require the user to state the license explicitly. The links
>>> to the source information are good, and should be retained. But the license
>>> terms for any and all bundled resources need to be included in the Theme
>>> itself, so that end users and downstream developers don't have to go
>>> searching for license information.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Paul de Wouters <
>>> pauldewouters at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I'm reviewing a theme which has a number of bundled social media icons
>>>> and another one that I traced back here
>>>> http://rocketdock.com/addon/icons/2724
>>>>
>>>> I asked the author to provide links to the original sources of the
>>>> icons and he did
>>>> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/10557/resources.txt
>>>>
>>>> but nowhere is the license stated. What do other reviewers do in this
>>>> case?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
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