From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FAD4C7EE29 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2023 14:37:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236184AbjFFOhA (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:37:00 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40694 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237573AbjFFOg7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:36:59 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC62D10D7; Tue, 6 Jun 2023 07:36:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C75FA2E0; Tue, 6 Jun 2023 14:36:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net C75FA2E0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1686062210; bh=zYE2SZ+7c7ksI/JGJYLLolFbkdSqO4sU/ZNWh6+duqo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=EfIvaUupnnUzvcbQPXt0glC9VDLVYA1X4EHJqzTC+BJK5K4C78CzuBdj9Bd65wb5H yH3KnWHvc1lYIi5JFpkWZjoeFC/YXk+afLLujoDTFhdgDtj1VP1l7HoZj023GB2slL 5+Nzu0KNQq114CFn8g8AROHFv7bLACa4Xc4YOWzJTfeo2Upo+XlJTbnW7jIjq45H9/ j5aiSLqZ3K7+IK5jfz2iHYg7VzEv9PLVnr8mIzHeZcOPkF5nrpIBfO1ulkbFZln7Ky ix0ODYCleuo9Bep/rt8yUBPqKzQJFvyseqy0tEUE6rp/UgJYY1tiHr/11noxddohKY n7H0175QBpWeQ== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Bagas Sanjaya , Linux Documentation , Linux Kernel Mailing List Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: Stock image illustration (licensing) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:36:47 -0600 Message-ID: <87fs74y7wg.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Bagas Sanjaya writes: > Hi, > > Imagine that there is a new Linux kernel contributor, contributing > documentation patches. As it is the habit from her company, she adds > stock images from various sources (which may or may not be related > to the doc), e.g. freepik or pexels [1], as illustration. > > However, on the source file, the image requires attribution. Yet, > the attribution instruction doesn't mention image license (she > attributes as "Illustration of foo by bar on pexels"), hence > all rights reserved. Can that stock image be added to the kernel > docs (which is licensed under GPL)? I am rather curious as to why you are asking this question. Images, like everything else, need clear licensing. Images that do not have a GPL-compatible license cannot be added to the kernel. But we are certainly not in the habit of decorating our documentation with "stock images", so this is not a question that has ever come up. jon