I meant to add before clicking 'send': I imagine that's what OGL does, release the copyright but not the trademark (as is standard for free licenses).
Mike On 1 May 2012, at 18:58, Michael Peel wrote: > 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
