[theme-reviewers] GPL-Compatibility

[Emil Uzelac]

GPL applies to the whole Theme including the screenshot. This is nothing
new and far from going far bud.

On Thursday, June 5, 2014, Stephen Cui <scui2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are we going to police the screenshot? I feel that we may went too far for
> reviewer. If this is the case, we will have to set the guideline for
> reviewers.
>
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> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> so many themes were approved with unsplash and pixabay images, have to
> watch the #1 queue carefully
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
> Pixabay appears to be a site where copyright holders upload their images,
> and upon upload, Pixabay says, "by uploading, you agree to distribute your
> pictures under the terms we specify".
>
> So, if the images are Public Domain outside of/prior to uploading to
> Pixabay, then they remain Public Domain. But if the images are only CC0
> because of the act of uploading to Pixabay, then they would be under the
> *actual* terms of the site. And those *actual* terms impose
> non-GPL-compatible restrictions.
>
> So again: you have to go back to the license specified by the copyright
> holder.
>
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> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> :)
>
>
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> 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.
>
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> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
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> What is the license of the specific image?
>
> If you don't know, then you can't use it.
>
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> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:38 AM, rose tail <metallicarosetail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Can image be used from pixabay or not ?
>
>
>  On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Bryan Hadaway <
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