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   Anselm Schüler (anselmschueler@ieji.de)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 17:31:24 JST Anselm Schüler

   I wonder, does GNU/FSF/rms have an opinion on the Unsplash license?

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 17:31:21 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @anselmschueler Most probably it is a non-free image license, since it prohibits selling and competition.

     https://unsplash.com/license

     "What is not permitted 👎

     Images cannot be sold without significant modification.
     Compiling images from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service."

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 17:50:37 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @anselmschueler Hm? The GNU project and the FSF clearly do see an obligation for that.

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     Anselm Schüler (anselmschueler@ieji.de)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 17:50:40 JST Anselm Schüler

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt

     @amszmidt Yes, it is clearly an unfree license. However they have expressed that they don't see an obligation for images and creative works to be freely licensed.

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 17:51:42 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @anselmschueler Maybe you are confusing that everything has to be under a free _software_ license?

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     Anselm Schüler (anselmschueler@ieji.de)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 17:51:43 JST Anselm Schüler

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt

     @amszmidt I seen to remember otherwise

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 18:02:13 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @anselmschueler "Non-free" in that context means "non-free software licenses"; I've poked the webmasters to update the text.

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     Anselm Schüler (anselmschueler@ieji.de)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 18:02:15 JST Anselm Schüler

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt

     @amszmidt Here's quotes from GNU and rms stating this

     https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html
     https://stallman.org/articles/online-education.html