On 01/03/16 18:06, geni wrote: > On 1 March 2016 at 05:21, John Mark Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> no, no this is not some magic moment of enlightenment. >> >> similar sharing of beer recipes has occurred as long as beer has existed. >> >> Even properly licensed shared beer brew recipes have been around for a >> *very* long time. >> >> Even the US Whitehouse got in on the action >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wh_beer_recipe_both-o.svg >> >> There are even companies that share their beer trademark >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Beer >> >> -- >> John Vandenberg > > > The original freely licensed drink would be > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola_(drink) from 2001. This > resulted in a 2 page article in the new scientist (Feb. 2, 2002) that > was also freely licensed (although I've not seen a copy since 2002). > >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Beer says: *** Free Beer, originally known as Vores øl - An open source beer (Danish for: Our Beer), is the first brand of beer with an "open"/"free" brand and recipe.[3] The recipe and trademark elements are published under a Creative Commons license.[4] *** Trademark number 1 was also beer related (Bass triangle). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Brewery Recipes in general are "open", are they not? http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html http://paleomagazine.com/recipe-copyright http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/mar/24/foodanddrink.uk Gordo _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
