Michael Snow wrote: > This is the statement on trademarks mentioned earlier. It both states > the approach we want the Wikimedia Foundation to take and directs the > staff to carry it out. It basically sums up what our understanding has > been for a long time, but hadn't really been formally stated anywhere. > The board also voted unanimously to approve this. The statement follows: > > The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to enabling our mission through a > wide network of chapters, community members, and organizational partners > who are all able to better achieve their goals by identifying themselves > with the Wikimedia community. Because of these efforts, there is a large > amount of value and goodwill associated with the name and marks. > Trademark law in the United States and internationally requires that the > holder of a mark take affirmative steps to protect the integrity of the > mark. However, because of our commitment to openness and community > empowerment, we wish to do this in a way that allows chapters and > community members to be able to continue to identify themselves with > Wikimedia marks without being unnecessarily restrictive. > > Because of this, we ask the Wikimedia staff to take appropriate steps to > register and protect the Wikimedia marks, develop a set of policies and > practices, and develop a strategy to allow uses by the chapters and > community for activities in line with the Wikimedia mission. > > --Michael Snow
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