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<Chovynz>Hello, I am a librarian for Open Clipart Library. I have a
potential problem I'd like sorted out. OCAL is a public domain clipart
library, in other words, people can do anything they like with the cliparts.
There is at least one clipart on OCAL that has the "open" debian swirl. I've
read the licencing terms and it's not clear to me if we can have it on the
public domain OCAL site. Could...
<Chovynz>...someone confirm? You can read more about public domain here.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/, the clipart in question
is here : http://www.openclipart.org/detail/38653
<themill>!debian logo
<dpkg>extra, extra, read all about it, debian logo is
http://www.debian.org/logos , http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLogo . See also
<debian logo font>.
<Chovynz>I've read it. I need personal help here.
<themill>Chovynz: requiring that things are "public domain" is pretty crazy.
The logo is provided under a free, permissive licence.
<Chovynz>Yes. It is pretty crazy, however public domain, can be used for any
purpose, including defamatory, and or commercial use. Is the debian logo
licence compatible with public domain as I understand it?
<Chovynz>As for requiring public domain as crazy, that's not my call. :) I'm
just following site procedures.
<themill>Chovynz: public domain is (a) not a licence (b) doesn't exist in
many jurisdictions and (c) things cannot be "placed into" the public domain
in many more jurisdictions.
<themill>Chovynz: if you guys want to pick a debatable and US-centric bit of
law, then you'll have to find some USian lawyers to help you with it. The
logo may be freely used, but it is not placed into the public domain by any
stretch of the imagination. In your example, it's placed into a new creative
work... you can open that can of worms yourself another time.
<Chovynz>themill: Correct, that PD is not a licence. It is a waiver of
licence. Does Debian want that on this logo? My gut says we can't have it,
even if it is a free and permissive licence that debian logo is released
under.
<themill>Chovynz: you may do better to ask for opinions on either the
debian-legal or debian-project mailing lists.
<Chovynz>Thanks for your help themill. :)
<themill>Good luck!

One day, I'll follow this up on the debian mailing list.

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Cheers
Chovynz
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