Hi yana, would you be so kind to explain why wmf did not opt for the newest commons license, cc-by-sa 4.0?
Rupert On Oct 28, 2014 9:06 PM, "Yana Welinder" <ywelin...@wikimedia.org> wrote: Good point. That line can now be deleted from the trademark template. On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Practical question: > The template: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikimedia_trademark > contains a line: (Consider using {{Copyright by Wikimedia > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyright_by_Wikimedia>}} > instead) > > Should that line be removed from the Wikimedia trademark template? > (including all translations) > > Romaine > > 2014-10-28 10:36 GMT+01:00 Ting Chen <wing.phil...@gmx.de>: > > > Really cool, great work. Thank you very much. > > > > Greetings > > Ting > > > > Am 10/27/2014 um 06:51 PM schrieb Yana Welinder: > > > > Hi folks, > >> > >> I'm happy to announce that we are re-licensing the Wikimedia logos on > >> Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0: > >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/10/24/wikimedia-logos-have-been-freed/ > >> > >> I would really appreciate your help with replacing the {{Copyright by > >> Wikimedia}} > >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyright_by_Wikimedia>[1] > >> templates on the logos with the {{Wikimedia trademark}} > >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikimedia_trademark>[2] > and > >> {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} <https://commons.wikimedia. > >> org/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0>[3] > >> templates. But we don't want to replace templates on the MediaWiki > >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki.svg>[4] and the > >> Community > >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg > >[5] > >> logos, which were originally released under free licenses. > >> > >> There are also some pages on Commons, like this one > >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing>[6], that may > need > >> to > >> be updated based on the re-licensed logos. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Yana > >> > >> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyright_by_Wikimedia > >> > >> [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikimedia_trademark > >> > >> [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0 > >> > >> [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki.svg > >> > >> [5] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg > >> > >> [6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing > >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Yana Welinder Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6867 @yanatweets <https://twitter.com/yanatweets> NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
