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

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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Aristeides Stathopoulos <
aristath at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Font Awesome font is **not** GPL and can't be included in
> wordpress.org as 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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>>    1. Re: License for Glyphicons is unclear (Doug Stewart)
>>    2. Re: License for Glyphicons is unclear (Chip Bennett)
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>> Message: 1
>> 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
>> To: "theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org"
>>         <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
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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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>> >> --
>> >> -Doug
>> >>
>> >>
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>> Message: 2
>> 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
>> To: "[theme-reviewers]" <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
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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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>> >>>
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>> >>> --
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>> >>>
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>> > --
>> > -Doug
>> >
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