2010/3/30 John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com>: > I would prefer that Sv.Wp make an exception for WMF logos being used > in conjunction with interwiki links, such as on > sv:template:wikisource. To me, those uses are part of the UI of the > project, and fall under fair use of the trademark. > > However, I've seen this non-free logo debate too many times to be > surprised that there are lots of people willing to make a tough stance > on it.
They have at least kept the logos on the Main Page. I'll note that the licensing policy passed by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees ( http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy ) specifically permits project communities to develop exemptions, with logos being listed as an example. The Swedish Wikipedia community can make a community decision to remove these logos from articles and templates, but there's no hobgoblin of consistency that forces them to. In fact, the Swedish Wikipedia community could develop an explicit exemption policy only for WMF logos within the boundaries of the policy. The policy also requires exempt files to be properly tagged, so any third party re-user can exclude them if they want to be on the safe side. Even without going into the licensing policy, I would personally express the view that it would be completely reasonable to interpret sister project templates to be a part of the navigational elements of our websites that just happens to live inside article space. These templates are in fact frequently filtered by re-users because they provide limited utility outside the Wikimedia context. Categorizing them in ways that are friendly to re-users is probably a greater service to them than a logo purge, and the elimination of identifying marks from our navigational structure clearly harms our own ability to develop a coherent reader experience. -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l