[Bio-Linux] license of Bio-Linux artwork in package themes-v7

[Sasa Paporovic]

Thanks Tim,

mhhh, I tend to the grashopper:) 

greetings

Sasa

Am 04.09.13 schrieb Tim Booth  <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>:
> Hi Sasa,
> 
> Unfortunately I don't have specific license information for these files
> but here's what I know:
> 
> The Bio-Linux 5 theme, with the ladybirds, is derived from an old RedHat
> wallpaper (either from RedHat 7 or 9). So the image must have been
> released under some sort of open license to be included on RedHat, but I
> don't know what the license was or who is the copyright holder.
> 
> The Grasshopper image is (or was) on several public free-wallpaper
> websites and clearly credited to Marcin Jankowski but I was not able to
> find further license info or to contact Marcin, so I've used it without
> permission.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> TIM
> 
> On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 15:17 +0100, Sasa Paporovic wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I want to use some themes/logos/icons of different Linux
> > distributions in a paper. One of the affected one is Bio-Linux. I have
> > downloaded the theme package from
> > 
> > 
> > http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/bio-linux/dists/unstable/bio-linux/all/
> > 
> > 
> > After an examination with file-roller I was not able to find any
> > license information either for the package nor for a single file. EXIF
> > data shows also no license information.
> > 
> > 
> > So, just this little mail. I want to ask if it is possible to get some
> > license information or the simple permission to use the two .jpg in
> > 
> > 
> > /usr/share/backgrounds/
> > 
> > 
> > of the package.
> > 
> > 
> > The first is the biolinux 5 theme, the second is a designed one by
> > Marcin Jankowski.
> > 
> > 
> > Could you forward if needed?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > Sasa Paporovic
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
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