On 11/16/06, ATR alex756@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Someone cannot declare a work PD just by copying it.
the authors however probably can although I am aware there is some disspute on that point..
It seems the actual logo was created by Eric Moller, and it has always been the understanding with all logos that they were "works made for hire" for the foundation. This has been discussed previously and Jimbo can back this up. Just because someone put a PD tag on the page at Commons does not invalidate the Foundation's claim to this logo.
That someone was the author:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:MediaWiki-smaller-logo....
While the work for hire bit holds true for most of the more recent logos it doesn't so much for things tha happened in the early days