GNU/GPL license and images [closed]

Question

I want to use some icons and images that are distributed under GNU/GPL license. I won't modify them, just make them a part of my program. Can I do that? (of course I put an information about the author)

Answer 1

The GNU/GPL v3 license refers alot to "Program", but define it as:

“The Program” refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this License.

and what you want to do seems to qualify as a modification, if the artwork is a part of a GPL licensed program:

To “modify” a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of an exact copy.

Nathan Willis on Linux.com wrote about this problem: The trouble with artwork and free software licenses.