Hi,
Debian and Mozilla had a struggle about using Mozillas Trademarks in Debian if the software and logos are changed but the name is not.[1] This should also apply to Wikipedia if people want to distribute Wikipedia content or modified parts then they cannot just call it "Wikipedia" - I just wanted to clarify and give an example because many people think that the our name and logos are as free as the content.
Greetings, Jakob
[1] For instance http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3364701970.html
Hm. But, Debian should not have a problem to use it in distribution...
On 10/20/06, Jakob Voss jakob.voss@nichtich.de wrote:
Hi,
Debian and Mozilla had a struggle about using Mozillas Trademarks in Debian if the software and logos are changed but the name is not.[1] This should also apply to Wikipedia if people want to distribute Wikipedia content or modified parts then they cannot just call it "Wikipedia" - I just wanted to clarify and give an example because many people think that the our name and logos are as free as the content.
Greetings, Jakob
[1] For instance http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3364701970.html _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Hoi, Debian has problems with trademarked material ie the logos et al to be under a license that prevents them from being changed. As the Wikimedia Foundation has a license for its logos that is incompatible with the Debian way, it is not possible for it to host Wikimedia Foundation logos in the first place. We also do not allow anyone to use the names of the Wikimedia projects for their mirror without permission.. something I would think is also not in line with what Debian thinks is reasonable. Thanks, GerardM
Milos Rancic wrote:
Hm. But, Debian should not have a problem to use it in distribution...
On 10/20/06, Jakob Voss jakob.voss@nichtich.de wrote:
Hi,
Debian and Mozilla had a struggle about using Mozillas Trademarks in Debian if the software and logos are changed but the name is not.[1] This should also apply to Wikipedia if people want to distribute Wikipedia content or modified parts then they cannot just call it "Wikipedia" - I just wanted to clarify and give an example because many people think that the our name and logos are as free as the content.
Greetings, Jakob
[1] For instance http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3364701970.html
They can always use the serif W like the favicon, no?
On 10/20/06, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Debian has problems with trademarked material ie the logos et al to be under a license that prevents them from being changed. As the Wikimedia Foundation has a license for its logos that is incompatible with the Debian way, it is not possible for it to host Wikimedia Foundation logos in the first place. We also do not allow anyone to use the names of the Wikimedia projects for their mirror without permission.. something I would think is also not in line with what Debian thinks is reasonable. Thanks, GerardM
Milos Rancic wrote:
Hm. But, Debian should not have a problem to use it in distribution...
On 10/20/06, Jakob Voss jakob.voss@nichtich.de wrote:
Hi,
Debian and Mozilla had a struggle about using Mozillas Trademarks in Debian if the software and logos are changed but the name is not.[1] This should also apply to Wikipedia if people want to distribute Wikipedia content or modified parts then they cannot just call it "Wikipedia" - I just wanted to clarify and give an example because many people think that the our name and logos are as free as the content.
Greetings, Jakob
[1] For instance http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3364701970.html
foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Hoi, They could use whatever that is not part of our logos. They would still not be able to use the names of the projects. Thanks, GerardM
James Hare wrote:
They can always use the serif W like the favicon, no?
On 10/20/06, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Debian has problems with trademarked material ie the logos et al to be under a license that prevents them from being changed. As the Wikimedia Foundation has a license for its logos that is incompatible with the Debian way, it is not possible for it to host Wikimedia Foundation logos in the first place. We also do not allow anyone to use the names of the Wikimedia projects for their mirror without permission.. something I would think is also not in line with what Debian thinks is reasonable. Thanks, GerardM
Milos Rancic wrote:
Hm. But, Debian should not have a problem to use it in distribution...
On 10/20/06, Jakob Voss jakob.voss@nichtich.de wrote:
Hi,
Debian and Mozilla had a struggle about using Mozillas Trademarks in Debian if the software and logos are changed but the name is not.[1] This should also apply to Wikipedia if people want to distribute Wikipedia content or modified parts then they cannot just call it "Wikipedia" - I just wanted to clarify and give an example because many people think that the our name and logos are as free as the content.
Greetings, Jakob
[1] For instance http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3364701970.html
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org