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diff --git a/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn index 8c834e701..091aa97c1 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/theme/discussion.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ ### What license do themes need to have for distribution? -Could someone specify what license the themes need to have to get distributed in ikiwiki or Debian? The current included theme seem to be under the GPLv2. Does the [Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) also work. This way a lot of free CSS templates could be included, e. g. from [freecsstemplates.org](http://www.freecsstemplates.org/). +Could someone specify what license the themes need to have to get +distributed in ikiwiki or Debian? The current included theme seem to be +under the GPLv2. Does the [Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported +License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) also work. This way a +lot of free CSS templates could be included, e. g. from +[freecsstemplates.org](http://www.freecsstemplates.org/). --PaulePanter + +> Paule, I'd love it if you did that! The only hard requirement on themes +> included in ikiwiki is that they need to be licensed with a [DFSG +> compatable license](https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses). CC-BY-SA 3.0 +> is DFSG; CC-BY is apparently being accepted by Debian too. +> +> As a soft requirement, I may exersise some discretion about themes that +> require obtrusive attributions links be included on every page of a +> site using the theme. While probably DFSG, that adds a requirement +> that ikiwiki itself does not require. --[[Joey]] |