[ubuntu-art] Dawn of Ubuntu Licensing

Thomas L.Gjeseth thomlie at online.no
Fri Apr 11 00:17:45 BST 2008


Nice. I like it! But I think the top half looks best. The lower half could possibly be vectorized, for a less grungy look (which doesn't suit Ubuntu themes in general, in my opinion).

- Thomas L.G

> From: Seth Woodworth [seth at isforinsects.com]
> Sent: 2008-04-10 21:50:10 CEST
> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [ubuntu-art] Dawn of Ubuntu Licensing
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> I don't know if this has been discussed before (likely has), but the
> 'Dawn of Ubuntu' background image was removed from Ubuntu (In Feisty?)
> because of an improper Creative Commons license.  Well I
> contacted the artist, Armin Ronacher, and the image license has been
> changed to one that is less restrictive.  It is now under a CC
> - -by 2.0 license according to Armin and the license on his website.
> 
> http://lucumr.pocoo.org/art/
> 
> I'm not suggesting that the image become the default background in
> Hardy (I prefer the current Heron), but it would be nice in the
> community package as it seems to be quite popular.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214711
> 
> Seth
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