This is slightly off topic, but is still relevant to what we're trying
to do so I thought I'd bring it to your attention.
A free, open, MediaWiki-based, ad-free, GFDL-licensed wiki called
Yellowikis is being sued (or something similar) by Yell Group because
they claim copyright over the colour yellow
(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5169674.stm). Despite "yellow
pages" being a fairly common word throughout the world outside Yell's
Yellow Pages, they feel they have a case. The site is run by a
not-for-profit organisation based in the UK (a father/daughter joint
project). The site, on its Community Portal, states that "Wikipedia is
our inspiration and our spiritual parent." The similarities between
what they're trying to achieve and what we're trying to achieve seem
fairly obvious.
Anyway, I just thought I'd better raise your awareness to this.
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Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)