Jimmy Wales wrote:
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?