Legal opinion : partly non free graphics

[Rex Dieter]

On 01/05/2010 12:24 PM, Andrea Musuruane wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:48 PM, John Arntz<jsarntz at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> I'm not a Lawyer or anything, but I would pose this question: Are the non-free graphics allowed to be redistributed? If the license states that they are, but can't be altered, or used for commercial purposes then I would be inclined to say they are permissible as a non-free package, but if it says they cannot be redistributed at all, then we can't use them. If you do intend to clean it up by substituting free artwork, audio, etc. and that would make it Fedora eligible, the Fedora Artwork team may be able to help with making free replacements.
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> Upstream is already working in replacing the graphics but it is a slow
> process and it seems there are very few people interested in helping.
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> I don't know what's the status of the original nonfree graphics.

In the absense of a clear license with redistributability rights, it's 
safest to assume there is no license or permission.

-- Rex