Pardon me if this has been asked before, but I am curious to learn whether Bonfire Media paid any sort of licensing fee to the Wikimedia Foundation in order to use the Wikipedia brand name in commerce on its WikiMobile app?
I do know that Bonfire founder, Alex Poon, donated $1,111 to the Wikimedia Foundation in 2008, but that can't be construed as a licensing deal, I'm sure.
http://www.mywikibiz.com/Directory:Wikimedia_Foundation/Grand_Donors
I look forward to any info anyone might be able to provide.
Gregory Kohs
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Gregory Kohs thekohser@gmail.com wrote:
Pardon me if this has been asked before, but I am curious to learn whether Bonfire Media paid any sort of licensing fee to the Wikimedia Foundation in order to use the Wikipedia brand name in commerce on its WikiMobile app?
Looking at their website, I see that they use the word Wikipedia to describe the articles they have, but are careful not to phrase it as if they're involved with us. And while their logo is similar to Wikipedia's by design, it's definitely different. It wouldn't surprise me if they do have a licensing agreement with the Foundation, but it's certainly possible that they're merely using the content legally and skirting legal boundaries when it comes to the trademarks.
2010/1/7 Gregory Kohs thekohser@gmail.com:
Pardon me if this has been asked before, but I am curious to learn whether Bonfire Media paid any sort of licensing fee to the Wikimedia Foundation in order to use the Wikipedia brand name in commerce on its WikiMobile app?
The WMF certainly does make that kind of licensing deal, but I have no idea whether they have done so in this case or not.
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