I am cc'ing this to commons-l, since this
discussion belongs there
anyway.
Laura Scudder wrote:
For instance, for the Netscape icon
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nuvola_apps_netscape.png we
apparently can only use it in limited cases and are supposed to
include the text:
"Netscape, Netscape Certificater Server, Netscape FastTrack Server,
Netscape Navigator, Netscape ONE, SuiteSpot, and the Netscape N
and Ship's Wheel logos are registered trademarks of Netscape
Communications Corporation in the United States and other
countries. [List other Netscape product names used in your
document] are also trademarks of Netscape Communications
Corporation, which may be registered in other countries." (from
http://wp.netscape.com/legal_notices/trademarks.html)
So it would seem to me that we shouldn't have the trademarked
images that we can only use in limited cases anyways.
Laurascudder
Yes, delete it. Stuff like this should be speedy deleted from
commons, I think. Commons should tend very strongly towards purity,
not comprehensiveness. There can be strong editorial reasons for
including such things in the encyclopedia itself, and "fair use"
makes an appearance there, but in commons, we should tend towards
purity. Strongly.
So you are saying that trademarks limit the freedom of a work and should
be removed from all Wikimedia projects, except those where Fair Use
claims can be made?
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