Trademark and copyright law are two separate things - you can release the copyright on something whilst keeping the trademark. See: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark#Trademark_law
Thanks, Mike On 1 May 2012, at 18:54, Chris Keating wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
