[Tux4kids-discuss] publication permission

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

On Montag, 5. August 2013, David Bruce wrote:
> Personally, I think it is fine.  I have been the primary maintainer of
> tuxmath and tuxtype for most of the last few years, but I'm not the sole
> copyright holder of the code and artwork.  IANAL, but my understanding is
> that copyright law allows brief quotes and screenshots to be used for
> review and journalistic purposes even for completely proprietary products.
> You could completely cover the issue by saying that the programs are
> covered by the GPL (v2+ for tuxpaint, v3+ for tuxmath and tuxtype) and
> including the text of the licenses.  However, I personally think that would
> be overkill just for screenshots.

FWIW I agree. Mentioning that those artwork is GPL2/3 I think you should do, 
including the licence text itself is overkill though. IMHO + IANAL.


cheers,
	Holger
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