Re: [Foundation-l] Is "Wiktionary" copyright?

2010-03-28 Thread Mike Godwin
We've trademarked the word mark "Wiktionary" in a number of jurisdictions, including the United States. I think most trademark lawyers would view "wikitionary" as confusingly similar -- I will probably follow up with our outside trademark counsel. --Mike On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 3:48 PM, effe ie

Re: [Foundation-l] Is "Wiktionary" copyright?

2010-03-28 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Is the term "Wiktionary" copyrighted? No. It is not. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Is "Wiktionary" copyright?

2010-03-28 Thread Dan Rosenthal
I think the bigger question would be "Why did Open Democracy copy a mediawiki installation and at least some content from Wiktionary, but change the license to CC-BY-NC-ND and not credit Wiktionary on the history page?" So in fact, I believe copyright IS at issue here. -Dan On Mar 28, 2010, at

Re: [Foundation-l] Is "Wiktionary" copyright?

2010-03-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 28 March 2010 23:41, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Is the term "Wiktionary" copyrighted? I only ask because the OpenDemocracy > website has recently started a "Dictionary of Ethical Politics "wikitionary"" > > http://resurgence.opendemocracy.net/index.php/Main_Page > > If it is copyrighted, you may w

Re: [Foundation-l] Is "Wiktionary" copyright?

2010-03-28 Thread effe iets anders
I assume you are referring to the term trademarked rather than copyrighted. I suggest you contact Mike Godwin directly with this kind of questions, he is handling those. With kind regards, Lodewijk 2010/3/29 Andrew Turvey > Is the term "Wiktionary" copyrighted? I only ask because the OpenDemoc

[Foundation-l] Is "Wiktionary" copyright?

2010-03-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
Is the term "Wiktionary" copyrighted? I only ask because the OpenDemocracy website has recently started a "Dictionary of Ethical Politics "wikitionary"" http://resurgence.opendemocracy.net/index.php/Main_Page If it is copyrighted, you may want to say something to them, or else it will end up

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia e-mail

2010-03-28 Thread Chad
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 28 March 2010 19:44, Nicholas Moreau wrote: >> Has anyone else got this weird message, a pseudo-phishing attack? > > Yes, lots of people have got it. It's all over the mailing lists and > other forums. I would just ignore it if I were you

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia e-mail

2010-03-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 28 March 2010 19:44, Nicholas Moreau wrote: > Has anyone else got this weird message, a pseudo-phishing attack? Yes, lots of people have got it. It's all over the mailing lists and other forums. I would just ignore it if I were you. ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia e-mail

2010-03-28 Thread David Gerard
On 28 March 2010 19:44, Nicholas Moreau wrote: > Has anyone else got this weird message, a pseudo-phishing attack? Everyone. They tried this last year on the inactive admins, now they appear to be trying it on everyone. MAKE >> ACCOUNTS >> FAST - d. _

[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia e-mail

2010-03-28 Thread Nicholas Moreau
Has anyone else got this weird message, a pseudo-phishing attack? I love how they call me an "active administrator", when I don't really edit terribly much anymore, let alone administrate very much. Nick -- Forwarded message -- From: Saynotoarbcomclique Date: Sun, Mar 28, 2010

Re: [Foundation-l] Mind-boggling (was: Wikipedia e-mail)

2010-03-28 Thread MZMcBride
Magnus Manske wrote: > Subject: Wikipedia e-mail > To: Magnus Manske > > Dear active administrator, > > [nonsense] Why are you forwarding this? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wiki

[Foundation-l] Mind-boggling (was: Wikipedia e-mail)

2010-03-28 Thread Magnus Manske
-- Forwarded message -- From: Genuinelyawikiquizzling <> Date: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:46 PM Subject: Wikipedia e-mail To: Magnus Manske <> Dear active administrator, As an advanced user here at wikipedia, I am sure you are familiar with the corruption and bureaucracy that exists