From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Protesilaos Stavrou Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Dual license the colours of the Modus themes? Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 07:31:09 +0300 Message-ID: <87mtfwsir6.fsf@protesilaos.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1599"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Notmuch/0.35 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) To: "emacs-devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 05 06:31:58 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nmT9i-0000Ih-6W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 05 May 2022 06:31:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40934 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nmT9h-0000fw-1u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 05 May 2022 00:31:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nmT93-0008Pp-Tr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2022 00:31:17 -0400 Original-Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:dc4:8::229]:49079) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nmT92-0002SI-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2022 00:31:17 -0400 Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: public@protesilaos.com) by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7CBABFF804 for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 04:31:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protesilaos.com; s=gm1; t=1651725070; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type; bh=V5v4FXGI0YcD3MyhHPWoxpzsOzItpBmg0GacwEvVkZk=; b=K1xbn1hxXzlAEudyn4cR5h7JQ3jazgNZvWZ7hJNdGOBRfnAfNlco26u5bOXwNxpSCvExrb geSMWK36iHzdQbPlJdQ3TOgAlolZWXKU2CEq3XYia6EsHMc9aX4wZM3tLb0Fq9MkAwsYPb YEkAofernNCnB2kxE8khKBWcrPOPDwG25ESR26t5MdfVI0rXTVFEgH9y+A3b4QrTtQNGC6 pV3lPhp8Kw3HoWMok13VBlrKgU5Id0VR4iBeH95LpOrW55uSYChJztsq8OQF+A6Hio0mg3 gNDYpB4Z9bgZ67nfPxMq6yV8pb56ALw9eAQ/YuVz5XSK9ziXZGhcwnggNuJEuA== Received-SPF: none client-ip=2001:4b98:dc4:8::229; envelope-from=info@protesilaos.com; helo=relay9-d.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:289222 Archived-At: Hello everyone, The modus-themes (modus-operandi, modus-vivendi) are distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 and are part of Emacs. I was wondering whether their colours could be licensed under different terms, such as by putting them in the public domain (with Creative Commons). I am reading the GNU commentary on licenses[1] and understand that my choice will have to be compatible with the GPL. What I am not sure about are the following: * Is it possible to keep the modus-themes under the GPL but also dedicate its colours to the public domain? * Does the inclusion of the modus-themes in Emacs impose any constraints on the possibility of such a dual license arrangement? If there is any precedent or resources I could refer to, please let me know. I intend to do what is good for Emacs and, by extension, GNU: if a dual license for the colours of the modus-themes can cause problems for Emacs, then I will simply not do it. As for why I am asking this: there are cases where someone wants to reuse the colours of the modus-themes---just the colours---for stylistic purposes and there is uncertainty whether they are allowed to do so under the terms of the GPL. All the best, Protesilaos (or simply "Prot") [1] -- Protesilaos Stavrou https://protesilaos.com