Template talk:GPL

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Template:GPL is indefinitely protected. Use {{editprotected}} on this page to propose an edit.

Eg at Image:Info bulb.png, the image at the top of the page is the lightbulb thingy, and there isn't an image at the bottom of the page. Whatcha mean, Erik? Martin 20:06, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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When I type {{GPL}}, I don't particularly expect to see anything to do with Creative Commons. Why's it there? Lupin 14:01, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

And what does the GPL, which is a software license, have to do with images? Are screenshots of GPLicensed programs automatically {{GPL}}? --Ardonik 09:40, Aug 2, 2004 (UTC)

No, they aren't. Pictures are data, but you can still license them any way you like. I've personally licensed several documents and pictures I've authored under the GPL because I've not seen much harm in doing so. The source vs. binary distinction and different rules for each don't apply in most cases so it may seem a bit weird, but I don't think it's illegal. An expert opinion would be appreciated. --Joy [shallot] 19:38, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

IANAL (but I did stay at a holiday inn last night) -- Because of the way the GPL is worded, you can attach it to any copyrighted work; however, the FSF recommends that you use the GFDL (which was designed for multiple formats) for anything other than software (which should use the GPL or LGPL). Oh, and as far as formats - both the GFDL and GPL say that it should be in the format preferred by humans for modifying them - so for wikipedia's text, that's wiki-format; for images, that can be the final image format or intermediate steps. →Raul654 22:07, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Sharp GNU Head 2 De-tableize? 3 Interwiki link to vi: 4 FSF Address change 5 eu interwiki 6 Version 2 template? 7 Ru-wiki

[edit] Sharp GNU Head

I have uploaded a different version of the GNU Head logo which doesn’t look blurry after downscaling, like the one used currently:

old→ ←new

Image:The GNU logo.png just have to be changed to Image:Heckert GNU white.png but I don’t have privileges to do it myself. Please see Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags#Sharp GNU Head. Rafał Pocztarski 05:43, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It has already been changed by Quadell. Thanks. Rafał Pocztarski 05:51, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

is the better option as far as commons is concerned. I'm just wandering around replacing the other GNU heads with it right now. Janizary 02:40, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] De-tableize?

Perhaps this template should be de-tableized and converted into a <div>? Sample:

Code:

<div style="text-align:justify; background:#f1f1de; border:1px solid #cc9; padding:8px; font-size:80%"><p>This work is [[free software]]; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]] as published by the [[Free Software Foundation]]; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>

<p>This work 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.  See the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License] for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA</p></div>

Haha, forgot to sign it! – TTD Bark! (pawprints) July 4, 2005 03:05 (UTC)

[edit] Interwiki link to vi:

Please add an interwiki link to the Vietnamese version of this template:

[[vi:Tiêu bản:GPL]]

Thanks.

– Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 10:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Also for de:Vorlage:Bild-GPL please. TZM^T (de:^T) 16:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

The vi and de links listed above aren't actually in the template, so I'm putting editprotected up. --ais523 14:37, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Done. NCurse _work 19:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FSF Address change

This template should be updated. The new FSF address is: 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wonderstruck (talk • contribs).

Done. --Fang Aili ^talk 14:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] eu interwiki

Please, add the next interwiki if it is possible: eu:Txantiloi:GPL. Thanks. --81.39.61.206 09:53, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Done. -- Netsnipe ► 12:24, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Version 2 template?

This template refers to version 2 or later of the GPL. As with {{GFDL}} versus {{GFDL 1.2}}, it would help to have a version of this template which permits version 2 only. Could someone with appropriate access please copy this template to {{GPL 2}}, replace "either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version." with "version 2 of the license only." in that template, and add permanent protection like this template? (I could do the first two steps if the copy need not require history preservation, but as with other license templates an admin would then need to add the protection.) Thank you. -- Josh Triplett 20:37, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind: it looks like the desired template already exists as {{GPL-2}}, though the image licensing pages don't point to that page. I'll fix that, and move the request for protection to that template's talk page. -- Josh Triplett 03:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ru-wiki

Please add [[ru:Шаблон:GPL]] -- Alex Spade 14:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)