Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You are aware of [[en:Wiki]] for a history of wikis and >>> WMF's part in it?
>> In other words, the use of "wiki" predates wikipedia (wikipedia gets >> its name since it was a encyclopedia using the wiki system) > I think everyone in this conversation is aware of that. Jiri said they > were calling it "Wiki" despite it not actually being a wiki, which > strongly suggests they are trying to associate it with Wikipedia > (which is very commonly abbreviated to "Wiki" despite our attempts to > discourage it). Whether it goes far enough to be a violation is for > the lawyers to work out - I'm not going to guess (I think it is Czech > law that is relevant, and I don't know anything about it - there is a > lot of consistency between trademark law in EU member states, but I'm > not sure of the details). But that's most likely not a trademark issue. There are doz- ens of cola brands on the market and few feature extracts of the kola nut, but that doesn't mean that it is Coca-Cola's right or duty to take legal action on a trademark basis. Tim _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
