FDL again, was: My concerns about GPLv3 process
Alfred M. Szmidt
ams at gnu.org
Fri Feb 10 17:47:29 UTC 2006
LinuxP2P: Can the GPL be applied to artwork? For example, most of
the people who submit wallpapers to KDE-Look.org submit them under
the GPL, would the GPL's terms still apply, considering it isn't
software.
RMS: There must be some basic misunderstanding here. If a work is
released under the GPL, then the GPL's terms apply to it. How could
it possibly be otherwise?
I didn't claim that it couldn't be applied; I claimed that it doesn't
make much sense to apply to art work, or music. You have to define
what the source code for music and art work is. Which isn't as cut
and dry as for software.
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