Re: Firefox themes as Art files - ADDENDUM

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Hi Sam,

no it is not guaranteed.  Themes that don't have any license can't be
advised, at least they must offer the possibility to be freely
distributed and used.

Giuseppe


Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> writes:

> Giuseppe Scrivano schreef:
>> Firefox themes give you the permission to copy and redistribute them.
>
> That's not guaranteed, is it? I'd think every theme would still need a
> license. And that goes for all it's content. I just sampled the
> PitchDark theme: the CSS files seem to have the Mozilla triple license
> block, but the images don't have any license. That means default
> copyright applies to them and, strictly, they're not even free to copy
> and redistribute. I'm sure this is unintended, but proper copyright
> statements are something to encourage. Because it also means, as
> al3xu5 pointed out, that such themes have no place in a free
> distribution.
>
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