[theme-reviewers] GPL-Compatibility

[Chip Bennett]

What is the license of the specific image?

If you don't know, then you can't use it.


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:38 AM, rose tail <metallicarosetail at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Can image be used from pixabay or not ?
>
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> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, that's always a possibility and it absolutely happens.
>>
>> Someone might rip off someone else's work or otherwise infringe and
>> upload or re-release something under their claim of ownership or a new
>> license, then anyone else that uses that work or even promotes it, shares
>> it with others, ends up inadvertently and ignorantly violating the original
>> owner's rights.
>>
>> All we can do is navigate the sometimes tricky world of trademark and
>> copyright law and respect other's rights as much as we can, with the
>> information we have, be kind to one another, in other words, be mature
>> adults and just use our common sense.
>>
>> Then, if one day you get a legitimate cease and desist email (which
>> sometimes is just as unfortunate for the person that has to send out such
>> notices in the first place as it is for you to receive them), there's no
>> reason to be scared or get defensive, you should simply apologize, let them
>> know that you had no idea you were violating their rights and work to
>> quickly and amicably resolve the issue. I'd say 9/10 times, that's all
>> there is to it.
>>
>> Unfortunately, some people/companies might, on rare occasion, try to seek
>> monetary damages or to censor others whether you knew you were doing
>> anything wrong or not. That's partly what http://www.chillingeffects.org/
>> is about covering.
>>
>> It's kind of a hope for the best, prepare for the worst type situation.
>> You can hope that everyone always does the right thing, but prepare for the
>> fact that they most inevitably won't.
>>
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