An interesting discussion about Community logo and WMF legal team. Charles ___________________________________________________________ I use this email for mailing list only.
Charles ANDRES, Chairman "Wikimedia CH" – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – www.wikimedia.ch Skype: charles.andres.wmch IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch Début du message réexpédié : > De : Tomasz W. Kozłowski <[email protected]> > Objet : [Wikimedia-l] Free as in Wikimedia Foundation > Date : 19 mars 2013 13:12:04 UTC+01:00 > À : Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Répondre à : Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Hi community, > I would like to bring to your attention a matter that's currently > being discussed on Meta, one that has not yet gained too much interest > (though it was discussed during IRC office hours, and was mentioned on > one mailing list, as far as I see). > > It seems that the Wikimedia Foundation registered a community logo > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg> as > a trademark in the United States, with the international application > still pending. > > The logo was originally created in 2006 by User:WarX (Artur > Fijałkowski) , and was adopted as the logo of Meta-Wiki in 2008 — and > as far as I can recall, the very point of it being created was to (1) > have a community logo released into the public domain and (2) to have > a community logo which was /not a trademark/. > > I am especially worried about the WMF not informing the community > about their trademark registration — we have only found out about it > via an edit on Commons > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=84864201&oldid=49625546>, > and then after asking about it during IRC office hours at the end of > January. > > As far as I understand, the WMF has not discussed trademark > registration with the author of the logo > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=92395329&oldid=92392542> > — though obviously, since Artur-WarX released it into the public > domain, it would've only be good manners, and not a legal requirement. > > The discussion is taking place on Meta at > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo>, and all > comments are welcome. > > -- > Tomasz W. Kozłowski > a.k.a. [[user:odder]] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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