Re: Icons (was Re: [INFO] NEXTSPACE)

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

> On 30 Nov 2017, at 11:18, Ivan Vučica <ivan@vucica.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Xavier Brochard <xavier@alternatif.org> 
> wrote:
>> He post on his blog about these icons
>> http://galgot.free.fr/wordpress/?p=1380
>> "Feel free to redistribute, but if so, please leave the set complete together
>> with this Readme. Thanks.
>> For non-commercial and only personal use of course."
> 
> That sounds like it conflicts with FSF's freedom 0[1] and Open Source
> Definition's section 6[2] -- it restrics use in a business.
> 
> It indeed sounds like these icons are non-free. NEXTSPACE can use
> whatever icons the author wants, but potential users should be aware
> of this restriction. :-)
> 
> [1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
> [2]: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated

The icons are lovely ... why not contact the owner, say so, and asknicely if 
they could release them under a free license for use in conjunction with 
NEXTSPACE?