Humanity without humans (default Artwork)

[volvoguy]

Hey everybody. I've been looking at some of the great royalty-free
stock photography at istockphoto.com. I'm kinda curious about how
licenses work for this kind of thing. If I were to purchase an image
there (they're very inexpensive), I know I could distribute derivative
works myself, but could/would they be eligible for inclusion in Ubuntu
(if approved by Canonical of course)?

There are a LOT of images there that could be used with the concept
that Mr. Turing (hehe) suggested. Lots of footprints (in sand and
snow), hand prints (the cave painting variety were especially cool
IMHO), and tons of abstract/concept type stuff that would work great
for backgrounds.

As a professional graphic designer, I'm used to paying for stock
photography and charging my client for the images. I don't mind paying
for stock photography that is suitable for background images that I in
turn give away. I just want to make sure those backgrounds don't carry
legal technicalities that limit their use in the community.

Jeff, perhaps you know something about this? Did our controversial
theme originate as stock photography or did you guys hire a
photographer for it?

Thanks! 

PS - If you're browsing around the images at that site and think one
would make a good background image, let me know and I'll see what I
can do with it! :-)



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Aaron

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