OT?: GNU Public License for files

Marcel Hellwig keks at cookiesoft.de
Wed Jan 9 15:22:18 UTC 2013


Am 09.01.2013 16:16, schrieb Ranjan Maitra:
> Hi,
>
> Slightly OT, but perhaps not totally unrelated, how does one release
> some pictures (jpg files) for the GNU Public License v3? I went to
> wikimedia and noticed that there is no slot for this, only Creative
> Commons. On the other hand, there are JPGs there that are released
> under the GPL, so I was wondering about how to go about that. 
>
> As an aside, is the GPL the better license for pictures and images, or
> is the CC license better?
>
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
>
GPL is not made for images, but for source code. If you want to share
medias like music, pictures, movies, slideshows you better use CCL.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/243196/what-is-the-difference-between-creative-commons-and-gpl-licensing

Regards
Marcel

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