Hi Mike,
Some of the Wikimedia logos are already licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 and we
want them to be consistently licensed, to the extent that we can.
Thanks,
Yana
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
Hi Yana,
That's a good change - thanks for making it. :-) Out of curiosity, is
there a reason why you're using v3 rather than v4 of the license?
Thanks,
Mike
On 19 Mar 2014, at 19:46, Yana Welinder <ywelinder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
language
versions of the Wikibooks logo.
But please don't change the copyright status on any of the other
Wikimedia
logos for now. We're still working on
those.
Thanks,
Yana
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On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:19 AM, Yana Welinder <ywelinder(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
> Hi Rupert,
>
> Some Wikimedia logos are not currently under a free license for historic
> reasons. But we hope to make them all freely licensed eventually and
have
> already done so for newer logos (e.g. the new
Wikivoyage logo).
>
> Thanks,
> Yana
>
>
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> Yana Welinder
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 415.839.6885 ext. 6867
>
> NOTICE: For legal reasons, I may only serve as a lawyer for the
> Wikimedia Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to, or
serve
> as a lawyer for, community members,
volunteers, or staff members in
their
> personal capacity.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, rupert THURNER <
rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com>wroteote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> i talked to james about the reasoning. it seems unequal that
wikimedia's
>> logo is restricted and allowed, the
partners logo not. imo we should
put
>> the wikimedia logo's under a standard
license, because the wikimedia
>> foundation is giving a bad example without gaining a lot.
>>
>> rupert.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:07 AM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>>> Currently our policies do not allow the use of logos of organizations
we
>>> are collaborating with, even with
permission from these organizations,
>> in
>>> the non mainspace areas of Wikipedia where we are collaborating.
>>>
>>> As this use "with permission" is legal, it is not in mainspace, and
it
>>> promotes the development of Wikipedia I have started a RfC here
>>>
>>>
>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content#Logos_of_orga…
>>> that we allow it. Thoughts?
>>>
>>> --
>>> James Heilman
>>> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
>>>
>>> The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
>>>
www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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