Usage of icons from GIMP (post-back to mailing-list)
On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 18:49 +0100, Thor Harald Johansen wrote:
The source code for a work means the preferred form of the
work for making modifications to it.
That has nothing to be with being a text file so my understanding
is that images are also 'source code'.
I'm not so sure. The icons in GIMP may originate from a vector drawing
program. A 16x16 anti-aliased picture of a pencil is near impossible
to edit. The stock icons in GIMP are probably renditions of some
source that the artist hasn't published. If I were drawing these
icons, I'd use at least 2 layers, one for color and one for outline,
to compose them. I don't see multi-layer image files being included
anywhere. This sort of thing makes it difficult to apply the GPL to
image files, so the question still remains...
I'm the author of majority of the icons in GIMP at the moment. The icons
are not vector art, they are 1:1 bitmaps as you see them. The pngs in
this case are "the source artwork".
cheers