I have a 6 year VLC user. VLC is always using this icon: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/VLC_Icon.svg/2000px-VLC_Icon.svg.png But the VLC icon in Breeze is too different from the original icon. I cannot find any connection between. A player window can be any video player. Reproducible: Always
I have a Breeze icon with VLC logo, but I can't add it to Breeze icons repository because: 1) The original VLC logo/icon seems to be licensed as CC BY-SA 3.0+ [1]. Thought I'm not sure. 2) I don't know if CC BY-SA is compatible with Breeze icons LGPLv3 So, do you know if I can release a modified version (in Breeze style) of VLC logo as LGPLv3? [1]: http://www.videolan.org/
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-considerations/compatible-licenses/ Here is a official description: GPLv3 is compatible with CC BY-SA 4.0. But LGPLv3 is not compatible with CC BY-SA 3.0 Since this icon is included in VLC source code, it is already licensed under GPLv2. But not LGPL. In this case, I think it is better to remove this icon from Breeze icon set and use original icon. It is much better.
Git commit 34f6e729cb298f495f66e9c6f9faf4d53a33c0bc by andreas kainz. Committed on 09/08/2016 at 09:52. Pushed by andreask into branch 'master'. remove vlc app icon do tu licence issue D +0 -47 icons-dark/apps/48/vlc.svg D +0 -47 icons/apps/48/vlc.svg http://commits.kde.org/breeze-icons/34f6e729cb298f495f66e9c6f9faf4d53a33c0bc
(In reply to Alex L from comment #1) > I have a Breeze icon with VLC logo, but I can't add it to Breeze icons > repository because: > > 1) The original VLC logo/icon seems to be licensed as CC BY-SA 3.0+ [1]. > Thought I'm not sure. This is incorrect.
as there is no licence issue should we leave the generic one or should Alex L (or someone else) work on a more vlc specific icon?
(In reply to Jean-Baptiste Kempf from comment #4) > (In reply to Alex L from comment #1) > > I have a Breeze icon with VLC logo, but I can't add it to Breeze icons > > repository because: > > > > 1) The original VLC logo/icon seems to be licensed as CC BY-SA 3.0+ [1]. > > Thought I'm not sure. > > This is incorrect. So, what is it licensed under? Can we create a Breeze icon based on the original VLC icon under LGPLv3?
(In reply to Jean-Baptiste Kempf from comment #4) > (In reply to Alex L from comment #1) > > I have a Breeze icon with VLC logo, but I can't add it to Breeze icons > > repository because: > > > > 1) The original VLC logo/icon seems to be licensed as CC BY-SA 3.0+ [1]. > > Thought I'm not sure. > > This is incorrect. On Wikimedia Commons VLC icons seems licensed under GPL[1]. Is this correct? [1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VLC_Icon.svg
About usability, I think that for people not knowing VLC it's impossible to understand it's a media player, because of its name (VLC) and its icon (an orange traffic cone). The current Breeze icon suggest a media player and the "play" symbol in it is orange because of the original logo color. So the icon I want to submit combine both the media player frame and the original cone, so it should be recognizable by everyone as media player / VLC media player.
This is a good solution I think.