I imagine the mascots are trademarks, and that the OGL doesn't release the trademarks as well.... or does it?
Chris On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Fantastic Tom! 10/10. I withdraw my earlier nonsensical question. > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > Disclaimer viewable at > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > > > > On 1 May 2012 16:51, Tom Morris <t...@tommorris.org> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 16:45, Richard Symonds wrote: >> >> > Perhaps I should rephrase my previous nonsensical reply: >> > >> > Is this really OGL? I suppose it is, but the Flickr account seems to >> think it's non-commercial... >> >> Yes. It's published by the DCMS, and according to their website, it's >> Crown Copyright, and thus under the terms of the PSI Framework, is OGL. >> >> http://www.dcms.gov.uk/copyright.aspx >> http://www.dcms.gov.uk/7085.aspx#Flickr_policy >> >> There's no indication on the Flickr page that it is owned by anyone other >> than the DCMS, and thus we have good reason to believe it's covered by the >> OGL. There is an existing license on the Flickr images, and reusers are >> free to reuse it under CC BY-NC-ND if they feel so inclined. But we've had >> other OGL images from other government departments that are also licensed >> on Flickr as some variant of CC that's not Commons compatible. >> >> The DCMS are aware though, through Twitter and email. As are James >> Forrester and various other people who grok OGL. >> >> -- >> Tom Morris >> <http://tommorris.org/> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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