Hello, what is the copyright status of the application icon for Wikipedia mobile applications? This one, specifically, as far as I can tell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WikipediaMobileAppLogo.png
The copyright information lists it as being fair use, but that seems strange to me; is this actually correct?
Apologies for not sending this to mobile-l, my message there was auto-bounced and I don't want to go through the subscription process just to send one email.
Most logos are copyrighted even from the WMF, for legal reasons. However this particular icon is well below the copyright threshold, and thus is not copyrightable.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Aleksey Bilogur <aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com
wrote:
Hello, what is the copyright status of the application icon for Wikipedia mobile applications? This one, specifically, as far as I can tell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WikipediaMobileAppLogo.png
The copyright information lists it as being fair use, but that seems strange to me; is this actually correct?
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I doubt this logo crosses the originality threshold. The logo is probably public domain. That said, it's definitely a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, and should be marked as such.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. :-)
Dan
On 18 April 2015 at 08:42, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, what is the copyright status of the application icon for Wikipedia mobile applications? This one, specifically, as far as I can tell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WikipediaMobileAppLogo.png
The copyright information lists it as being fair use, but that seems strange to me; is this actually correct?
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I want to use it to illustrate something I'm building in the Wikipedia domain on the en-wiki, so I'd like to know this for sure. Who's a good person to ask; or, will they come here instead? :)
I thought that WMF logos can be used freely within the projects, however that's arranged legally, and thought it was strange that this would be an exception.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
I doubt this logo crosses the originality threshold. The logo is probably public domain. That said, it's definitely a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, and should be marked as such.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. :-)
Dan
On 18 April 2015 at 08:42, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, what is the copyright status of the application icon for Wikipedia mobile applications? This one, specifically, as far as I can tell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WikipediaMobileAppLogo.png
The copyright information lists it as being fair use, but that seems strange to me; is this actually correct?
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On 18 April 2015 at 11:32, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com wrote:
I want to use it to illustrate something I'm building in the Wikipedia domain on the en-wiki, so I'd like to know this for sure. Who's a good person to ask; or, will they come here instead? :)
I thought that WMF logos can be used freely within the projects, however that's arranged legally, and thought it was strange that this would be an exception.
You can use Wikimedia trademarks on a Wikimedia site without asking anyone. See here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy#trademark-allowed
Dan
The WMF Logos are now all or almost all released under cc-by-sa 3.0 now as well rather then All Rights Reserved. I think you should be fine but if you want to be double sure you can email trademarks@wikimedia.org with what you're thinking and they are very good at getting back to you.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 18 April 2015 at 11:32, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com wrote:
I want to use it to illustrate something I'm building in the Wikipedia domain on the en-wiki, so I'd like to know this for sure. Who's a good person to ask; or, will they come here instead? :)
I thought that WMF logos can be used freely within the projects, however that's arranged legally, and thought it was strange that this would be an exception.
You can use Wikimedia trademarks on a Wikimedia site without asking anyone. See here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy#trademark-allowed
Dan
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Hi everyone,
I've made an attempt to correct the licensing, as the W is a Wikimedia trademark. Feel free to assist if I've made any mistakes.
Heather
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:10 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
The WMF Logos are now all or almost all released under cc-by-sa 3.0 now as well rather then All Rights Reserved. I think you should be fine but if you want to be double sure you can email trademarks@wikimedia.org with what you're thinking and they are very good at getting back to you.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 18 April 2015 at 11:32, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com wrote:
I want to use it to illustrate something I'm building in the Wikipedia domain on the en-wiki, so I'd like to know this for sure. Who's a good person to ask; or, will they come here instead? :)
I thought that WMF logos can be used freely within the projects,
however
that's arranged legally, and thought it was strange that this would be
an
exception.
You can use Wikimedia trademarks on a Wikimedia site without asking
anyone.
See here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy#trademark-allowed
Dan
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Il 18/04/2015 21:01, Dan Garry ha scritto:
On 18 April 2015 at 11:32, Aleksey Biloguraleksey.bilogur@gmail.com wrote:
I want to use it to illustrate something I'm building in the Wikipedia domain on the en-wiki, so I'd like to know this for sure. Who's a good person to ask; or, will they come here instead? :)
I thought that WMF logos can be used freely within the projects, however that's arranged legally, and thought it was strange that this would be an exception.
You can use Wikimedia trademarks on a Wikimedia site without asking anyone. See here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy#trademark-allowed
Dan
IANAL, but I know for sure that trademark status and copyright status are different things. And this thread is definitely asking for the latter...
On 18 April 2015 at 13:27, Ricordisamoa ricordisamoa@openmailbox.org wrote:
IANAL, but I know for sure that trademark status and copyright status are different things. And this thread is definitely asking for the latter...
Well, I've given the answer to both questions now. Is there some other question you need help with?
Dan
Thanks for the help, all.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 18 April 2015 at 13:27, Ricordisamoa ricordisamoa@openmailbox.org wrote:
IANAL, but I know for sure that trademark status and copyright status are different things. And this thread is definitely asking for the latter...
Well, I've given the answer to both questions now. Is there some other question you need help with?
Dan
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Happy to help. :-)
Dan
On 18 April 2015 at 13:56, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the help, all.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 18 April 2015 at 13:27, Ricordisamoa ricordisamoa@openmailbox.org wrote:
IANAL, but I know for sure that trademark status and copyright status
are
different things. And this thread is definitely asking for the
latter...
Well, I've given the answer to both questions now. Is there some other question you need help with?
Dan
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