Jimmy Wales wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
I've given Drog the go-ahead to link to
Wikinews using our logo on
the frontpage. I thought that given the recent discussions about logo
copyright & licensing, it might be a good idea to report this here.
Erik, you had absolutely no right to do this. Please and politely let
them know that they do not have authorization to use the logo in this
fashion, and please acknowledge to us that you realize that you should
not have done this.
While the current placement doesn't qualify, I don't see why they need
"authorization" to use the logo to link to Wikipedia. That's a clearly
factual use of the logo covered by fair use, and in fact we do the same
thing with other companies' logos in thousands of Wikipedia articles.
-Mark