[theme-reviewers] theme-reviewers Digest, Vol 32, Issue 56

Wed Jan 23 15:41:29 UTC 2013

The Font Awesome font is **not** GPL and can't be included in
wordpress.orgas stated in this post:
http://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2012/12/20/gpl-and-the-repository/
There's an alternative font that's gpl-compatible: elusive-icons
http://aristath.github.com/elusive-iconfont/


On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:28 PM, <
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:21:53 -0500
> From: Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] License for Glyphicons is unclear
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> I'm obviously confused, then, because
> http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/ says that it's "the iconic
> font
> designed for use with Twitter Bootstrap". I guess I conflated the two?
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure how Font Awesome factors in here?
> >
> > Glyphicons license:
> > http://glyphicons.com/glyphicons-licenses/
> >
> > Twitter Bootstrap license:
> > https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/README.md
> > https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
> >
> > From the above link, here is the exact statement from the Glyphicons
> > author:
> >
> > GLYPHICONS *FREE*
> >
> > are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY
> > 3.0) <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en>. The
> GLYPHICONS
> > FREE can be used both commercially and for personal use, but you must
> > always add a link to glyphicons.com <http://www.glyphicons.com/> in a
> > prominent place (e.g. the footer of a website), include the CC-BY license
> > and the reference toglyphicons.com <http://www.glyphicons.com/> on every
> > page using GLYPHICONS.
> >
> > *Glyphicons Halflings are also a part of Bootstrap by Twitter<
> http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/>,
> > and are released under the same license as Bootstrap.* While you are not
> > required to include attribution on your Bootstrap-based projects, I?d
> > certainly appreciate a visibile link back to glyphicons.com<
> http://www.glyphicons.com/> in
> > any place you find appropriate (footer, docs, etc).
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> These "Halflings" -- is that what's covered by Font Awesome?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks for the clarifications, Chip.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> No, it is not okay to use the full Glyphicons iconset in GPL projects.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, it is okay to use the Halflings subset of the Glyphicons iconset,
> >>>> as licensed and released with Bootstrap, in GPL(v3) projects.
> >>>>
> >>>> The Glyphicons Halflings are a *subset* of the full Glyphicons
> iconset.
> >>>> Halflings, as documtned by both the Glyphicons creator (copyright
> holder)
> >>>> and in the Bootstrap project, are licensed under Apache 2.0. (See
> linked
> >>>> GitHub issue for relevant links.)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com
> >wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> So, that means it's now okay to use Glyphicons in GPL projects?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> FYI (new update):
> >>>>>>
> https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/3942#issuecomment-12559146
> >>>>>>
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:28:15 -0500
> From: Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] License for Glyphicons is unclear
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> The Glyphicons Halflings are icon images used in Twitter Bootstrap. I
> presume that the font is a separate resource, also bundled with Bootstrap?
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm obviously confused, then, because
> > http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/ says that it's "the iconic
> > font designed for use with Twitter Bootstrap". I guess I conflated the
> two?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not sure how Font Awesome factors in here?
> >>
> >> Glyphicons license:
> >> http://glyphicons.com/glyphicons-licenses/
> >>
> >> Twitter Bootstrap license:
> >> https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/README.md
> >> https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
> >>
> >> From the above link, here is the exact statement from the Glyphicons
> >> author:
> >>
> >> GLYPHICONS *FREE*
> >>
> >> are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY
> >> 3.0) <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en>. The
> >> GLYPHICONS FREE can be used both commercially and for personal use, but
> you
> >> must always add a link to glyphicons.com <http://www.glyphicons.com/>
> in
> >> a prominent place (e.g. the footer of a website), include the CC-BY
> license
> >> and the reference toglyphicons.com <http://www.glyphicons.com/> on
> every
> >> page using GLYPHICONS.
> >>
> >> *Glyphicons Halflings are also a part of Bootstrap by Twitter<
> http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/>,
> >> and are released under the same license as Bootstrap.* While you are not
> >> required to include attribution on your Bootstrap-based projects, I?d
> >> certainly appreciate a visibile link back to glyphicons.com<
> http://www.glyphicons.com/> in
> >> any place you find appropriate (footer, docs, etc).
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> These "Halflings" -- is that what's covered by Font Awesome?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com
> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks for the clarifications, Chip.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net
> >wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> No, it is not okay to use the full Glyphicons iconset in GPL
> projects.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes, it is okay to use the Halflings subset of the Glyphicons
> iconset,
> >>>>> as licensed and released with Bootstrap, in GPL(v3) projects.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The Glyphicons Halflings are a *subset* of the full Glyphicons
> >>>>> iconset. Halflings, as documtned by both the Glyphicons creator
> (copyright
> >>>>> holder) and in the Bootstrap project, are licensed under Apache 2.0.
> (See
> >>>>> linked GitHub issue for relevant links.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com
> >wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> So, that means it's now okay to use Glyphicons in GPL projects?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com
> >wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> FYI (new update):
> >>>>>>>
> https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/3942#issuecomment-12559146
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>>>> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
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> >>>
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