Re: OT: using GPL'ed icons

Aric Bills wrote:
> I'm considering using some GPL'ed icons in a Tcl/Tk program I'm
> writing. Coming from a Tcl/Tk/BSD-license background, I'm not as
> familiar as I should be with the GPL, and even less sure how it applies
> to images as opposed to source code. As far as my software goes,
> nobody will be charging money for it, but I don't necessarily want to
> release it under the GPL either. Realizing that the readers of this
> forum are programmers and not lawyers, in your opinions, what are my
> obligations under the GPL if I use GPL'ed icons in my program?

Rather than ask us - why don't you post a friendly email to the author
of the icons and see what he or she thinks your obbligations are, and if
perhaps they would be willing to provide you with a separate license or
something else to accomodate you, if you acknowledge their work in your
program.

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