elaborate copyright investigation. ugh.

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>> creating associated styles. Is that something you would be open to?
>>
>> --[[anarcat]]
>> Looking more at the MoinMoin images, the source (and license!) for
>> them is not quite clear, so they don't make such great targets for
>> inclusion. They are, nevertheless, included in Debian so presumably
>> they are DFSG-friendly? The copyright file marks them as "UNKNOWN"
>> which is worrisome... I have found the following results about them:
>>
>> * [admon-warning.png][] seems to be [public domain according to this sketchy site][]
>> * [admon-note.png][] seems to have a [source in XFCE][], as part of
>> the notes plugin
>> * [admon-tip.png][] is used in the Debian release notes, so is
>presumably fine as well [source there](https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/images/note.png)
>> * [admon-important.png][], same, [important.png](https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/images/important.png)
>> * [admon-caution.png][] can be found in Mediawiki as well, which is
>> a good source of icons. According to Debian, some are public domain,
>> some are LGPL (!?). In MediaWiki itself, the source of that file is
>> lost in the mists of time.
>>
>> Even though there is some confusion about the source of those
>> images, I think, in good faith, that they can be generally be
>> considered reusable. --[[anarcat]]
[public domain according to this sketchy site]: http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/download/tango_process_stop_115912.html
[source in XFCE]: http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin/tree/data/icons/scalable/xfce4-notes-plugin.svg
[admon-warning.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-warning.png
[admon-note.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-note.png
[admon-tip.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-tip.png
[admon-important.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-important.png
[admon-caution.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-caution.png