I apologize, I forgot that the logo is originally on commons so that answers one of my questions, though I'd be interested in knowning specifically how and why that is?

-Jtkiefer

Hello

The logo is copyrighted by the Foundation, which mean you need a formal authorisation for any use of your logo and it can not be considered a derivative work under the GFDL.

In this cas, the question would essentially be "what do you intend to do with the logo ?"

Anthere

PS : as for commons, it is correct the logo should not be there as it is not a free logo... still... all logos are available on commons afaik. I promise the Foundation will not sue Commons admins for letting the logos there :-)

Jtkiefer a écrit:

I have a bit of a tricky copyright question. Recently I decided that I would like to create a derivation of the Wikipedia logo for personal use soley on the Wikipedia site, after seeing that it was copyrighted to the Wikipedia foundation I emailed Jimbo asking for formal permission to use the image as a part of the future work. I have not recieved any reply and so I decided to continue assuming that since there are already other works based off the Wikipedia logo on the site it would be ok and I could deal with tagging later.. I have since uploaded the work and amd wondering whether it is a copyright violation or not and if not what it should be tagged since it doesn't seem to fall under any of the licensing schemes. BTW, the image can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Darkwiki.jpg.

I've also been meaning to ask how the copyright on the Wikipedia logo works since it seems to be a paradox of terms, especially since it has been established that despite claims otherwise, see [[User:Pioneer-12]] everything posted or uploaded to Wikipedia is automatically licensed under the GFDL yet the logo appears to be exempt.

Thanks,

-Jtkiefer

Jtkiefer wrote:

I have a bit of a tricky copyright question. Recently I decided that I would like to create a derivation of the Wikipedia logo for personal use soley on the Wikipedia site, after seeing that it was copyrighted to the Wikipedia foundation I emailed Jimbo asking for formal permission to use the image as a part of the future work. I have not recieved any reply and so I decided to continue assuming that since there are already other works based off the Wikipedia logo on the site it would be ok and I could deal with tagging later.. I have since uploaded the work and amd wondering whether it is a copyright violation or not and if not what it should be tagged since it doesn't seem to fall under any of the licensing schemes. BTW, the image can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Darkwiki.jpg.

I think that "for personal use soley (sic!=solely?) on the Wikipedia site" is key here. As long as the use remains on the Wikipedia site it can't possibly be a copyvio.

Ec

On 7/31/05, Jtkiefer jtkiefer@wordzen.net wrote:

I have a bit of a tricky copyright question. Recently I decided that I would like to create a derivation of the Wikipedia logo for personal use soley on the Wikipedia site

It might be best for people to assume "fair use" when using modified versions of the logo on Wikipedia rather than seeking formal permission for them. In areas where it isn't likely to be fair use (outside of Wikipedia), then you can seek permission by emailing board-at-wikimedia.org for simple cases, or juriwiki-l-at-wikimedia.org for cases where it is likely to need legal review.

Angela.