On 2/7/07, DF <dragons_flight(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Geni,
I must say, I admire your intellectual consistency, if
nothing else. By extension, all Wikimedia logos
should also be deleted from Commons since they are
unfree.
Pretty much. They can be hosted locally on projects for the places
where they have to be included (wiki.png and cross project links on
main page) and on:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home
However, since the logos exist to help foster brand
identity and benefit the project, I think a better
solution is to set appropriate usage guidelines and
allow them to be used by users within the various
Wikimedia sites.
I think that would result in a mind bending complex situation. For
example who really owns the copyright on this image:
[[Image:Wikipe-tan-in-seaside.png]]
(the likely free version exists at
[[Image:Wikipe-tan-in-seasidewhiteball.PNG]] )
I don't think it is either hard or
burdensome to regard "Copyright by Wikimedia" as an
exception to Wikipedia's fair use criteria,
Results in a very mess situation with derivatives and the use of the
logo when it isn't needed.
and for
the most part that has been the going practice since
forever.
Apparently it has been going practice forever to tag images which
people had uploaded without copyright tag with
[[Template:GFDL-presumed]] I was not exactly happy about that either.
Our past copyright practices have been somewhere between poor and
appalling but the cleanup has begun.
Unfortunately, since the WMF does own the logos, a
certain amount of asking permission does seem to make
sense, but this thread seems to reveal that the
boundaries for what is or is not permitted are largely
unresolved at this time.
We do not allow "with permission" images on en.
--
geni