Re: logos and the BSD license - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: logos and the BSD license
Date
Msg-id 200608231827.k7NIRPg28087@momjian.us
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In response to Re: logos and the BSD license  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: logos and the BSD license  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Good analysis.  What is wrong with using a BSD license for graphics?  No
one has explained that.

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 23. August 2006 18:29 schrieb Joshua D. Drake:
> > Well, in the spirit of the BSD I would say:
> >
> > Attribution (by)
> >
> > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
>
> Well, the main problem with that license is that it prohibits you from copying
> the works over encrypted links or storing the works on encrypted media or a
> computer protected by a password.
>
> "You may not distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly
> digitally perform the Work with any technological measures that control
> access"
>
> The more general problem is that it is excessively complicated and ambiguously
> worded and doesn't achieve anything beyond what the BSD license does.
>
> If the BSD license is too complicated still, I can offer the following
> alternative license: "You may use, modify and redistribute this software as
> you wish."
>
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> Peter Eisentraut
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