Re: GPLv2 icon with GPLv3+ program

[Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik sverdrup gmail com>]

Hello

2009/7/22 Calum Benson <Calum Benson sun com>:
>
> On 20 Jul 2009, at 15:59, Ulrik Sverdrup wrote:
>
>> I know this is a gray area, but I want to know if this list, or gnome
>> artist, have opinions about GPLv2 icons to GPLv3 programs
>> compatibility.
>>
>> The default gnome icon theme is released under GPLv2 (only). With my
>> GPLv3+ program I want to distribute an icon derived from gnome's
>> default icon theme: I'm taking insert-object.svg and making object.svg
>> (a blue box, attached).
>>
>> I combine the GPLv2 icon with my python program at runtime like so:
>>
>> pixbuf = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size(icon_path, size,size)
>> gtk.icon_theme_add_builtin_icon(icon_name, size, pixbuf)
>>
>> Now, is it compatible? Is the icon now "linked" to my program, so I
>> can not use it?
>
> Slightly tangential, but FWIW we switched gnome-themes to LGPL a few years
> ago, because it seemed that an icon theme more closely resembled a library
> than an application.  But whole question of if/when/how icons were 'linked'
> to an application was pretty unclear when we made that choice, too.

Ok. But still only to an older (potentially) GPLv3-incompatible
version? I acquired gnome-icon-theme from debian whose copyright file
only mentions GPLv2.

Ulrik