On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Anthere wrote:
geni wrote:
On 2/9/07, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)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