On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Anthere wrote:
geni wrote:
On 2/9/07, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
Since we also have the benefit of an official Foundation logo, perhaps the project logos can themselves be open-use. What are the problems we are trying to avoid, and what things that we want are being held back due to licensing issues?
the foundation wishes to be able to raise money by lisenceing the use of the logo to third parties
yes. Plus another reason: avoiding other parties to misuse the logo (such as using it to promote a right wing encyclopedic website) and as such damaging our image.
These two reasons (image and possibility to raise money) explain why the Foundation will not put the logos under a free licence.
The first reason you mention (misuse, misrepresenting the projects) sounds like a trademark matter, not a copyright matter.
As to the second reason: free use by wikiProjects, on-wiki, and in other non-commercial ways, would not prevent raising money by licensing logos to people selling something.
An -NC license makes sense here, as does trademark protection; I don't see why derivatives should not be allowed beyond these points.
SJ