From 1091375350a942ebaa5f1b1e4462a6009b6fe94e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Balaam Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 14:21:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add discussion of the license on OpenMoji --- proposals/4347-emoji-verification-images.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/proposals/4347-emoji-verification-images.md b/proposals/4347-emoji-verification-images.md index 93b407492..ab6b6a488 100644 --- a/proposals/4347-emoji-verification-images.md +++ b/proposals/4347-emoji-verification-images.md @@ -109,6 +109,20 @@ proper attribution, which should be added to the spec text. applications. I consider this aesthetic disruption worth it if it makes the verification process easier to use. +* My understanding of the + [CC BY-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ("You + must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, ... If you remix, + transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions + under the same license as the original") is that both the Matrix foundation + and client developers are allowed to distribute these images unmodified so + long as they give attribution, even if they are distributed within a + proprietary application or one under another license. However, I am not a + lawyer, and the foundation would need to satisfy itself as to the situation + here, or obtain some alternative set of images. (It is even possible the <=64 + original authors of the relevant images on OpenMojo might grant permission for + use under a more permissive license if needed.) It would seem polite to + contact OpenMojo either way before incorporating this change into the spec. + ## Alternatives * We could miss out the image URLs in `sas-emoji.json` and expect client