Keep spreading the word.
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From: Vishnu <visdaviva(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon Oct 27 2014 at 18:04:35
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos
on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0
To: <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
The below crucial e-mail from WMF Legal about re-licensing the Wikimedia
logos for your information. Do spread the word among your community.
Best,
Vishnu
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Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:51:47
-0700 From: Yana Welinder <ywelinder(a)wikimedia.org>
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Hi folks,
I'm happy to announce that we are re-licensing the Wikimedia logos on
Commons to CC BY-SA
3.0:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/10/24/wikimedia-logos-have-been-freed/
I would really appreciate your help with replacing the
undefined<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyright_by_Wikim…
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyright_by_Wikimedia>[1]
templates on the logos with the
undefined<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikimedia_trademar…
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikimedia_trademark>[2]
and
undefined <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0>[3]
templates. But we don't want to replace templates on the
MediaWiki<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki.svg>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki.svg>[4] and the
Community<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Lo…
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg>[5]
logos, which were originally released under free licenses.
There are also some pages on Commons, like this
one<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing>[6], that may
need to
be updated based on the re-licensed logos.
Thanks,
Yana
[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyright_by_Wikimedia
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikimedia_trademark
[3]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0
[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki.svg
[5]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg
[6]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing
--
Yana Welinder
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
415.839.6885 ext. 6867
@yanatweets <https://twitter.com/yanatweets> <https://twitter.com/yanatweets>
NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical
reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community
members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more
on what this means, please see our legal
disclaimer<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.
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