[Clipart] License problem for cards clipart

Bryce Harrington bryce at bryceharrington.org
Tue Oct 18 10:55:08 PDT 2005


On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 07:03:28PM +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> Nathan Eady wrote:
> >>I just browsed into the open clip art library and I discovered that
> >>four cliparts for cards signs are very similar to those I use and I
> >>originaly designed for my SVG-cards deck. You can find them in
> >>http://www.openclipart.org/cgi-bin/navigate/recreation/games/cards
> >>and you can find my svg-cards at http://david.bellot.free.fr
> >
> >To clarify, are you talking about the ones that were submitted
> >by Jean-Victor Balin?
> 
> If he talk about the symbols by Jean-Victor Balin I think he is right, 
> is a copyright violation and we should remove the images ASAP.
>
> >Also, have you actually looked at the source XML and compared?
> 
> Without looking at the source, I examined a club from David and the one 
> from Jean: both have one identical visual bug and both are groups of 7 
> basic shapes (the same shapes).


The images are now removed from our online copy of the package.  Can you
put in a bugzilla ticket to remove it from next month's package?
 
Bryce



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