Anthere wrote:
Imagine Oldak... that for some reasons the projects (one or several) separate from the Foundation. Do you think it is "legally" wise that a project logo is actually a distorsion of the Foundation logo ?
Since project logos and names are trademarked by the WMF, what would be the difference? I really don't see what the problem would be here for the Incubator logo, as it really is intended to be a service to the Wikimedia projects and is in a way a child of the WMF. Approval for such a project (like this incubator project) should in theory have been before the board before it gets started, which already implies a huge legal connection to the WMF anyway.
If a project did decide to go off on its own, do its own fundraising etc., it is likely to be schismatic anyway due to a major policy dispute. In that case, it would simply be a fork of the content and not necessarily a project leaving quietly being "spun-off" as a completely seperate legal entity. Even then, logos would likely need to be changed substantially and perhaps even new project names created.