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[Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12 September 2013 19:07, Sam Hulick <samh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not sure at this point as far as licensing. I feel like the startup sounds
> and ringtones should be free for personal use, but not commercial use. I
> think I'm comfortable with the CC BY-NC-ND license.
>
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
>

That would be against Ubuntu Philosophy and in particular acceptable
Licensing for our project. Unfortunately we will not be able to
include materials licensed under CC BY-NC-ND in Ubuntu Main / default
images.

Please take a moment to read:

http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy
http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/licensing

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It really should be Creative Commons ShareAlike 3.0 or other licenses
that meet our licensing criteria's e.g. GPL v3, AGPL v3, BSD 3-clause,
Apache 2.0, etc. All of which meet the Open Source criteria as defined
by OSI, FSF, Debian Project, etc.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.



> -Sam
>
> On 09/12/2013 12:51 PM, Vincent JOBARD wrote:
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> Le 12 sept. 2013 17:16, "Sam Hulick" <samh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Also, I'm happy to say that I'm now working officially with Canonical, and
>> will be sending some ideas for startup sounds and ringtones within a couple
>> weeks, which will wind up on Mark Shuttleworth's desk. The only direction on
>> new sounds I've ever seen from Shuttleworth is that he wanted them to be
>> "inspired by light."
>> (http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/308#comment-324337) Not sure if
>> that's still the case. Guess I'll find out soon enough!
>>
>> -Sam
>
> Oh that's great. Congratulations.
>
> Well, can I take the risk to ask you if you'll release your artwork for
> Ubuntu under a Free or Creative Commons Licence ?
>
> Best Regards,
> Winael
>
>