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Not only an asinine thing, but a dangerous thing..
by Rupert Nelson on Monday 03/Nov/2003, @15:31
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...to say. Why would you even suggest the completely unrealistic possibility that by using GPL'd ICONS on a television show that that particular show would then be under the GPL? It's absurd and DANGEROUS.
A large number of people would like to see Open Source and GPL'd software used in more places. So, I dunno, let's make blanket statements that put fear of GPL and OSS into people that might use them... Yeah, that will work.
As I understand, by putting those ICONS under the GPL, the icons themselves could be used as bases for NEW icons and that those NEW ICONS would have to be released under the GPL. It says nothing of displaying those images through two mediums for the purpose of showing functionality.
All they did was display an image of something. If the image of the thing they showed was under GPL it wouldn't matter. You aren't seeing the actual image FILEs of the Icons, just the result of the Image Files for the Icons. There is a difference, it's not minute. You cannot take an icon that is displayed on the desktop screen of a computer within a movie/film/television show and have that icon instantly available on your desktop. It's not possible. |
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