Logo is not GFDL. Its fully copyrighted. We could ask the author to release the work with a free license. - White Cat

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:54 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:

...

http://www.scrollsawer.com/Best-Project/07/grand-prize.php

Inspired by the Wikipedia logo, though it isn't actually our puzzle

globe.

I suspect the GFDL is inside the ball...? ;-)

Magnus

---

WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Wikipeia puzzle globe is copyrighted and is a trademark of the WMF. The logo isnt freely licensed.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:33 PM, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:

...

Logo is not GFDL. Its fully copyrighted. We could ask the author to

release

...

the work with a free license.

I doubt we can copyright the notion of a puzzle globe, just our specific version of it. Assuming you're serious here.

-Matt

---

WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:54 PM, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:

Wikipeia puzzle globe is copyrighted and is a trademark of the WMF. The logo isnt freely licensed.

Thanks for missing the point of my post entirely.

We can copyright a specific rendition of a puzzle globe which makes the Wikipedia logo.

We cannot copyright the general concept of a puzzle globe.

We can trademark the use of a puzzle globe logo for an encyclopedia, and to a lesser extent as a website logo generally.

We cannot use trademark law to prohibit anyone else from using a puzzle globe for purposes that are not related to an encyclopedia and website.

-Matt