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[Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This was resolved now, thanks Jane!

New boilerplate text follows. Note that the GPL clause should only be
included if there is code in the package. Don't include for artwork only
packages as it is only confusing if there is nothing it applies to.

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(c) Canonical Ltd 2004- 2009

This package contains free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3
as published by the Free Software Foundation.  The code in this
package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.   On Ubuntu systems the complete
text of the license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses. You
may also obtain a copy by writing to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.

Unless otherwise indicated, artwork is available under the Creative
Commons Attribution Share-alike license v3.0 or any later version. To
view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to
Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco,
California, 94105, USA. On Ubuntu systems the complete text of the
license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses.

Some Rights Reserved:

The rights in the trademarks, logos, service marks of Canonical Ltd,
as well as the look and feel of Ubuntu,  are subject to the Canonical
Trademark Policy at http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/TrademarkPolicy
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** Changed in: ubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu Karmic)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: ubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Assignee: Jane Silber (silbs) => Martin Pitt (pitti)

** Changed in: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu (Ubuntu Karmic)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu (Ubuntu Karmic)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu (Ubuntu Karmic)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-9.10

** Changed in: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Evan Dandrea (evand)

** Changed in: usplash-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu Karmic)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: usplash-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti)

** Changed in: xsplash (Ubuntu Karmic)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: xsplash (Ubuntu Karmic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti)

** Changed in: ubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu Karmic)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Changed in: usplash-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu Karmic)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

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Ubuntu logo is not redistributable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/451263
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Status in “ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “ubuntu-artwork” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
Status in “usplash-theme-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
Status in “xsplash” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
Status in ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu in Ubuntu Karmic: Triaged
Status in ubuntu-artwork in Ubuntu Karmic: Fix Committed
Status in usplash-theme-ubuntu in Ubuntu Karmic: Fix Committed
Status in xsplash in Ubuntu Karmic: Fix Committed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-artwork

Since karmic, the copyright file says:

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Unless otherwise indicated, artwork is available under the Creative Commons
Attribution Share-alike license v3.0 or any later version.  To view a copy of
this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a
letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco,
California, 94105, USA.

See below for the full text.

The rights in the trademarks, logos, service marks of Canonical Ltd,
as well as the look and feel of Ubuntu, are not licensed under the
Creative Commons license and are subject to the Canonical Trademark
Policy at http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/TrademarkPolicy
-------------- 8< ----------------------

The second paragraph points out that the logo is not distributed under CC-BY-SA, but does not give any license for it.

The link to the TM policy does not help, because

 (1) The TM policy does not specify a distribution license (and shouldn't really)

 (2) If (1) was not the case, it is not included verbatim, so the conditions could be changed after a product release

 (3) even if interpreting the TM policy very liberally (and incompatibly with both legal and mathematical logic) and inferring that prohibiting commercial usage implies that non-commercial usage is allowed, this renders Ubuntu uninstallable in commercial environments.

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/licensing makes some concessions that things like artwork and logos do not need to be free software. However, it does require that "these works do not restrict our ability to make Ubuntu available free of charge, and that Ubuntu remains re-distributable by you", which is clearly violated here.

In Jaunty and earlier, artwork and logos were distributed under CC-BY-SA.

These packages currently have above copyright text in Karmic:

human-theme
notify-osd-icons
notify-osd-icons
ubuntu-artwork
ubuntu-wallpapers
ubuntu-xsplash-artwork
usplash-theme-ubuntu

However, only ubuntu-artwork and usplash-theme-ubuntu actually contain logos and are affected by the second paragraph.