# Xfce Desktop Backgrounds

The backgrounds included here were created by the following people, for
the following Xfce releases, and are licensed as follows:

## Currently Shipped Backgrounds

### Xfce 4.20

For this release, we had a [design contest](https://gitlab.xfce.org/artwork/public/-/issues/18).
Since two wallpapers were tied for the third place, we added four new wallpapers.

* `xfce-x`, by [kaz sb](https://gitlab.xfce.org/kazz),
  [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
* `xfce-light`, by [Denys DEKUVE](https://gitlab.xfce.org/denys),
  [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
* `xfce-mouserace`, by [Rose Pierce](https://gitlab.xfce.org/rowie324),
  [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
* `xfce-cp-dark`, by [Farhang Bakhshi](https://gitlab.xfce.org/farhangbakhshi),
  [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

### Xfce 4.18

For this release, we had a [design
contest](https://gitlab.xfce.org/artwork/public/-/issues/1).  Katerina
Shkel's background won first place, with two of Denis Kuzminok's winning
second and third places.

* `xfce-shapes`, by [Katerina Shkel](https://gitlab.xfce.org/Shxxl),
  [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
* `xfce-flower`, by [Denis
  Kuzminok](https://gitlab.xfce.org/DenDrop), [Creative Commons
  Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
* `xfce-leaves`, by [Denis
  Kuzminok](https://gitlab.xfce.org/DenDrop), [Creative Commons
  Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

### Xfce 4.16

* `xfce-verticals`, by [Pasi Lallinaho](https://open.knome.fi/),
  [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

### Xfce 4.14

* `xfce-stripes`, by [Pasi Lallinaho](https://open.knome.fi/), [Creative
  Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

### Xfce 4.12

* `xfce-teal`, by [Pasi Lallinaho](https://open.knome.fi/), [Creative
  Commons Attribution Share-Alike
  4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

### Xfce 4.10

* `xfce-blue` is currently of unknown provenance.  While we are certain
  that the contributor licensed it to us in a manner compatible with
  xfdesktop's licensing, downstream distributors may choose to leave
  this one out if there is any discomfort with the status of this
  background.

## Historical Backgrounds

This is a simple list of some of the old backgrounds we used to ship in
earlier releases.  While we do not ship them any longer, they can be
found in xfdesktop's git history, in the
[`backgrounds/`](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/commits/master/backgrounds?ref_type=heads)
directory, with older releases in the
[`backdrops/`](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/commits/6caa4cc93893b16d7b2bf6f951038350074e85ee/backdrops?ref_type=undefined)
directory.

* `xfce-in-a-grid`
* `xfce-in-the-moon`
* `xfce-smoke`
* `xfce-stellar-tile`
* `xfce-stripes`
* `xfce-turbulence`
* `xfce4gradientcurve`
* `xfce4logo`