Xubuntu Derivative Guidelines published

[Kiyotaka Nemoto]

Dear Pasi,

Thank you for clarifying. I'm relieved to know that.

Best regards,

Kiyotaka


2015-07-24 19:00 GMT+09:00 Pasi Lallinaho <pasi at shimmerproject.org>:
> Hey Kiyotaka!
>
> Themes like Greybird and Albatross aren't part of the Xubuntu branding.
> That said, we should likely make it completely clear in the guidelines
> that dependencies for the xubuntu-* packages aren't something
> derivatives need to remove - unless explicitly mentioned.
>
> So to answer the question: You can still keep on using them, simply pull
> in greybird-gtk-theme and albatross-gtk-theme (for 14.10 and later) or
> shimmer-themes (for 14.04 and older - or for all the shimmer themes in
> 14.10 and later).
>
> Thanks for the good question :)
>
> Cheers,
> Pasi
>
> On 24/07/15 05:44, Kiyotaka Nemoto wrote:
>> Dear Pasi,
>>
>> I'm one of those who develop xubuntu-based derivative.
>> I read the guideline and would like to follow the guideline, and I'm
>> wondering about themes.
>>
>> I see some themes such as greybird or albatros under xubuntu-artwork.
>>
>> When you say, "This restriction and requirement applies to all artwork
>> shipped with a derivative, from the installer slideshow to the
>> documentation and all artwork across packages." does it also point to
>> those themes as well?
>>
>> I'm asking because some themes are distributed under GPLv2 or later
>> and CC-BY-SA 3.0 or later. Am I correct to understand that those
>> themes do not interfere the guideline?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Kiyotaka
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-07-23 20:48 GMT+09:00 Pasi Lallinaho <pasi at shimmerproject.org>:
>>> Hello everybody in the community,
>>>
>>> I've just published the recently worked-on Xubuntu derivative guidelines at
>>>     http://xubuntu.org/dev/derivatives/
>>>
>>> If there are any questions, feel free to reply to this mail.
>>>
>>> If you are a derivative developer, we look forward to communicating more
>>> with you in the future!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Pasi
>>>
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>>
>>
>
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