bazaar Digest, Vol 59, Issue 89

[Ben Finney]

Adrian Wilkins <adrian.wilkins at gmail.com> writes:

> "The image and icon files in Launchpad are copyright Canonical, but
> unlike the source code they are not licensed under the AGPLv3.
> Canonical grants you the right to use them for testing and development
> purposes only, but not to use them in production (commercially or
> non-commercially)."
>
> https://dev.launchpad.net/LaunchpadLicense

So, to answer the question asked earlier: The “image and icon files in
Launchpad”, at least, are non-free software.

(Yes, images and icons, when stored as digital information, are software
like any other digital information.)

Thanks for the clarification, Adrian.

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Ben Finney