Clarifying and Documenting Licensing Requirements and Best Practices in Ubuntu

[Simon Quigley]

Hi Erich,

On 1/21/25 07:27 PM, Erich Eickmeyer wrote:
[snip]
> Just throwing this in there additionally, with regards to images.
> 
> Some images do not meet the threshold of originality[1] that is
> required in order to claim copyright on an image, such as those that
> only contain simple text and shapes. That is not to say they can't
> receive trademark status, just that they cannot have a copyright
> claimed on them.
> 
> In the past, it has been agreed to that the images that in these cases,
> they remain in the public domain and the DEP-5 stanzas would be
> formatted as follows:
> 
>     Files: {path to file}
>     Copyright: None
>     License: Public-Domain
>     
>     License: Public-Domain
>      This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text.
>      It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright
>      protection, and is therefore in the public domain.
> 
> This was agreed to in the review of the edubuntu-menu package with
> regards to the Ask Ubuntu logo, which is cited as not having met the
> threshold of originality[2].
> 
> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Threshold_of_originality
> [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ask_Ubuntu_logo.svg

Thanks! This is a good one!

Would you be willing to provide exact text that I can put in the document, or give me permission to quote you (almost) exactly?

Thanks in advance,
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