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

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: logos and the BSD license
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Msg-id 44EC827D.4030409@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: logos and the BSD license  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: logos and the BSD license
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>>>>> The main point is, however, that it is not completely clear how the
>>>>> BSD license, a software license, applies to graphics. So maybe there
>>>>> is nothing wrong with having the BSD license, but that is not really
>>>>> clear to me (and perhaps others).
>>>> In computing, there is only software, hardware, and wetware.  Computer
>>>> graphics are also software.
>> The BSD license really doesn't apply itself to software very well.
>
> Huh!?  That's news to me.  Can you elaborate a bit?

I think I fat fingered that ;) I meant:

The BSD License really doesn't apply itself to graphics very well.

Sorry about that.

>
>
>> I don't see what the problem with Creative Commons is. It is quickly
>> becoming the license standard for creative works.
>
> Creative Commons is not a license.  If you point at a specific CC
> license we can discuss things, otherwise everyone is just handwaving.

Well, in the spirit of the BSD I would say:

Attribution (by)

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/


Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake




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