Yes, I'm also pretty surprised of that WMF's move! Emmanuel Le 19/03/2013 15:47, Charles Andrès a écrit : > 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 <http://www.wikimedia.ch/> > Skype: charles.andres.wmch > IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch <irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch> > > Début du message réexpédié : > >> *De : *Tomasz W. Kozłowski <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *Répondre à : *Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website > Wikimediach-l mailing list > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l >
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