On 14 Dec 2006 at 12:10, "Stephen Bain" stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:

And more to the point, they could have done this without asking, except for the use of the logo. Instead they were willing to negotiate use of the logo, and have made an effort to be compliant like other mirrors, following our own instructions for mirrors.

And as far as I can tell, there is no exclusive license involved in this project, so it's not a "sellout"; nothing in this deal blocks the future use of Wikipedia data as part of other geographical projects of other companies and organizations, including ones of a less proprietary nature, or the negotiation of such groups to get similar rights to use the logo.