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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Dual license the colours of the Modus themes?
Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 11:55:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-1a9cfa26-de7b-4833-80f7-2db1808b4c23-1652003714011@3c-app-mailcom-bs16> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mtfwsir6.fsf@protesilaos.com>



----- Christopher Dimech
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> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2022 at 4:31 PM
> From: "Protesilaos Stavrou" <info@protesilaos.com>
> To: "emacs-devel" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Subject: Dual license the colours of the Modus themes?
>
> 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?

Release modus-themes including its dedicate colours under GPLv3+, or
do something better by releasing under AGPLv3+.  Then release the colours
separately under a free software license.   If you want to use Creative
Commons, use only CC0.

> * 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.

For emacs release under license compatible with GPLv3+.

> 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.

You can re-release your own works under any terms you want.  You are not
restricted on any specific copyright terms for your own work.

> All the best,
> Protesilaos (or simply "Prot")
>
> [1] <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html>
>
> --
> Protesilaos Stavrou
> https://protesilaos.com
>
>



  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-05-08  9:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-05  4:31 Dual license the colours of the Modus themes? Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-05-05  5:06 ` Po Lu
2022-05-05  5:29   ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-05-05 18:31     ` Case Duckworth
2022-05-05 19:49       ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-05-08  9:55 ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2022-05-08 10:30   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-09  6:39   ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-05-09 12:21     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-05-09 13:21       ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2022-05-09 13:32         ` Stefan Monnier
2022-05-11  9:05         ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-09 13:33       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-09 23:20       ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-09 13:32     ` Christopher Dimech

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