> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: 20 December 2004 16:53
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Robert Treat; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Ready to launch?
>
> "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
> > Which reminds me of a problem - *all* the website in CVS is
> published
> > under the BSD licence, however that includes the elephant
> which Emily
> > pointed out was a $100 stock photo. Technically that means
> we cannot use
> > the elephant...
>
> How so? The BSD license is not antithetical to living beside non-free
> stuff (unlike GPL).
>I agree it would be a good idea to point out
> somewhere in the relevant docs that the elephant image isn't BSD'd,
> just so no one mistakenly thinks it is.
Oh no, that's not what I meant. The entire site is in CVS (in fact,
periodically rebuilds itself from CVS), and that CVS is advertised by
the Gborg site as being covered by a BSD licence. It's not easy to edit
that as the licence is one of a number of standard ones used site wide.
If we keep the elephant in CVS, then I think we would need to include a
note saying that it is not included in the licence on every place we
have/display that licence. Not only is that a pita, but is also made
more difficult for the reason mentioned already.
Are there no good royalty free alternatives around?
Regards, Dave.