On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Mike Godwin <mnemo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's crazy. sv.wiki still has "unfree" logo on every page :) >> It is "unfree" to protect wiki identity. >> > > This is exactly right. If we had no copyright or trademark restrictions on > the Wikimedia logos and marks, it would be trivial for proprietary vendors > to use the unrestricted logos in association with unfree content. But how about with trademark and without copyright restrictions? Or > My guess, admittedly based on nothing but anecdotal evidence, is that the > Swedish Wikipedians who created this largely artificial and unnecessary > dispute have not consulted independent trademark and copyright experts with > regard to the rationale for their decision. Suppose they had, what would those experts have answered. I am not an expert, but I think I know enough of it to say that the type of organization that owns the copyright on a logo makes no difference regarding the question whether it is or is not allowed to include the logo. -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
