[theme-reviewers] GPL-Compatibility

[Srikanth Koneru]

But sometime back, you said the CC0 mentioned on the image overrides that
and you okayed pixabay, so that is now null and void?


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 5:21 PM, rose tail <metallicarosetail at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks a lot for you suggestion
> :)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> Looking at the site's license terms:
>> http://pixabay.com/en/service/terms/
>>
>> I don't think the images are licensed compatibly with GPL. For example:
>>
>>
>>    - *You may not use Images for* pornographic, unlawful or other
>>    immoral purposes, or in a way that can give a bad name to depicted persons,
>>    or to imply endorsement of products and services by identifiable persons,
>>    brands, organisations, etc.
>>    - You are not allowed to mass download Images with an application, *or
>>    reuse a big part of the Images for redistribution on a similar Website*
>>    .
>>
>>
>> Neither of these terms is GPL-compatible.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  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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