[jira] [Closed] (LEGAL-370) CC-BY SVG and reusing data

["Henri Yandell (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-370?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Henri Yandell closed LEGAL-370.
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    Resolution: Not A Problem

The earlier revision of the file:

  [https://github.com/apache/royale-asjs/blob/52de3ea7f8c09bfc32c893aeb2134b8fbfa087cb/examples/native/USStatesMap/src/main/royale/MapCoords.as]



Questions to ask oneself:

1) Does the CC-BY license on the content still apply to the excerpt? Which typically probably means - is it expressive content? In this case I'm assuming these are coordinates for the political map outline of the state. If it was categorically the correct coordinates then it's probably not expressive, but if there's artistry in how it's shown then there may be.


2) What actions should we do based on the copied content? This may either be because it's a license condition or because it's the right thing to do. Regardless of #1 I would tend towards citation being the right community thing to do here. So I would recommend adding a couple of lines stating that the content came from <project url> which is licensed CC-BY.


3) Does that fit with our policies? No it doesn't. We say that CC-BY should be binary only. So I would raise a question on whether this can be an exception. I'd be tempted to move to a .svg file that is being read in by the Java code rather than embedding in a Java file.

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Resolving as this is no longer an active need.

 

> CC-BY SVG and reusing data
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>
>                 Key: LEGAL-370
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-370
>             Project: Legal Discuss
>          Issue Type: Question
>            Reporter: Harbs
>            Priority: Major
>
> Royale has an example project which uses an SVG image which is CC-BY-3.0. There is code which reuses the path data to highlight parts of the SVG. That path data was copied into a class which handles the interaction.
> While it is possible to replace the SVG image with an open domain image, I imagine we are not the only ones who might want to use an SVG image in such a manner. I'd therefore like to get a ruling on:
>  # Whether copying path data from Category B SVG images for reuse in code is a permissible use of such media.
>  # If it might be permissible, is there any difference between "core" code and "example" code?
>  # What disclaimers (if any) would make it permissible.
>  # Where must those disclaimers (if yes) go? (i.e. in the class itself? LICENSE? NOTICE?)



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