Hi, Just a note: we can update the license on Commons, but I noticed that the files were copied locally on https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Someone with the right priviledges will have to do it there.
Regards, Yann 2014-10-30 17:30 GMT+01:00 Yana Welinder <[email protected]>: > Still traveling, but let me see if I can briefly dispel some of the > confusion. > > CC BY-SA 3.0 grants users the right to use an image under copyright law. It > does not cover trademark rights. The goal of trademark rights is to protect > the logo from being used in a way that confuses the public. Trademark > protection only covers certain types of uses, which are not the same as use > covered with a copyright license like CC BY-SA 3.0. The Wikimedia trademark > policy provides how the logos can be used as trademarks and here is some > discussion about why it does that: > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy-purpose#trademark-purpose > . > > So are the logos "free" under the Free Culture Definition? Yes, because the > definition only talks about freedom under copyright law and lists CC BY-SA > 3.0 as a "free license." The definition does not mean that users have > freedom to violate other types of rights. > > Hope this clarifies! > > Yana > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Allan J. Aguilar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:15:17 -0500 >> Yana Welinder <[email protected]> wrote: >> > To address Allan's question, this does not affect the trademark >> > status of the logos as governed by the new trademark policy: >> > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy. >> > >> >> Thank you, Yana. >> >> However, as someone who understand little about copyright and >> trademarks, for me it is difficult to understand how can a logo be used >> commercially and not at the same time, and how can a logo be edited in >> any but at the same time it only can be published according to specific >> visual guidelines. >> >> Are the logos Free Cultural Works (as defined by Erik Möller on >> http://freedomdefined.org) or not? >> - -- >> Allan J. Aguilar >> [email protected] - ralgis@freenode - [email protected] >> PGP: B387 F3B1 0F2C F46B 36AD FAFF 7BC3 594D F7C0 E1A3 >> OTR: E95CB6E6 22751983 CA8F3F67 3DFACBFF 0FA3A1BC >> userralgis@Twitter - User:Ralgis@Wikimedia >> https://editandowikimedia.wordpress.com >> https://libredebian.wordpress.com >> https://revistasifra.wordpress.com/ >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUUcSBAAoJEHvDWU33wOGjFQMQAKbKFyTy/eTJVZp1N/eRlJaK >> 2hHUNQVhtUGXWcmRo36bnleEAknhkNUqdO0/J0PdI9UMSTptnUg55WQSmMA5EVuB >> b+jne6rGspZXd3qJ1h1TLYAfYI86dXMYuqYKRDOPhyWuWJM/XVDsXueCVWu4M9pc >> 0VD24NKcmRIzjRfwIx972yZUUyv7/xabH2REjBbi0SRpAqmnFKb2/KZHQK0j9l4L >> HLkO1FXjylAXnLdtZrTy3tvH9XOK/WH/PH2P4uI0aFXvZK8Skw50Iicf2d/6Gn9M >> pqFiyq0UVozXrRSP/3HKUJPT52Vcxz0+kPxcMhSpUvocbcUvQQGj5/cDur2za7yf >> BGyvPvCQtaip33YpQK2TDexAD7AxsP273RWc8U654PGnNq11C2Vn+goH5AMXFj13 >> n+a6q9n4Dw3pO3AjUzIJF+t1nXQfsPCumjVvUTXawF1hEA5qPxAgR+Y3kq69NaPG >> gMu9hAVSfCf4T/YibKiMHtRKPO4csiJbs1XfpIUFlXVQ7hhR2Urkjccr5RRRM7nw >> jhXMHCqblfxugGvtORgg3o+SZzQB4FKYhb5QLe6vwev36mGzVRDnzncImaLzo1s+ >> k3+4yJcPpZONrwAesJ0imC80jiW0IIF0bgRHLCVlh82/f7NN/qmfD2QZUVOdqt+o >> lx2rVnQe2AlSkeBnwxb5 >> =Xd7+ >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > > > -- > Yana Welinder > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > 415.839.6885 ext. 6867 > @yanatweets <https://twitter.com/yanatweets> > > NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have > received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > mistake. 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 > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
