[ gpsdrive ] License of map icons

[Julian H. Stacey]

"Carsten" wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> just stumbled across GPSdrive.
> 
> I take part in a student's software project of my university
> where we have to develop a navigation software for mobile devices
> with Java ME. We have to visualize different POI and I would like
> to use your map icons.
> 
> My problem might be the license. I have read .\README, .\COPYING and .\data\map-icons\README but I'm not sure under which license the
> icons are published. Probably our project is never released to the
> public but I just want to be prepared for the case. I guess I'm
> not allowed to use GPL pictures in a non GPL-program, so I probably
> need public domain pictures.

Chuckle. The curse of GPL.  Needs reading & re-reading often to be
sure what it means.  There's more opinions/ interpretations  on GPL
than sand grains in a desert ;-) Only way is to read & re-read
yourself till sure yourself :-)

An example might suggest your interpretation may be over strict
though: http://FreeBSD.ORG (& NetBSD & OpenBSD & .... ) (Not GPL'd)
have embedded FSF's GPL'd GCC for over a decade.

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