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Karl Eichwalder wrote:<br>
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cite="mid20040221102715.0EBE913843F@mail.wikimedia.org">Michael Snow
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wikipedia@earthlink.net"><wikipedia@earthlink.net></a> writes:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Sorry, but if we start conceding that in effect, we are combining an
article with an image into a single document under GFDL, downstream
users have to be able to use the image alone.
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Sure, but they are responsible for actions they are doing. It is okay
to take pictures of public buildings with logo for big companies
attached. Readers are allowed to modify those pictures--but they are
surely not allowed to cut out the logo and use it at will.</pre>
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Use of the logo is really a trademark issue, not copyright. GFDL allows
people to modify, but it doesn't mean they can create modifications
that are illegal for other reasons.<br>
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--Michael Snow<br>
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