Erik Moeller wrote:
Way to shoot down your own argument there by comparing us to a criminal proprietary software vendor ;-). I can live with something like "Wikipedia 2004" as long as whatever naming scheme is used is consistently used for each release, not changed all the time, and as long as the 2004 edition is actually released in 2004.
I agree with all of this. I think our 'code name' should be '1.0', but as we get close to release, maybe we can give it a year name instead.
Difficult to do for copyrighted/trademarked characters and brands. There won't always be a workaround solution like on [[Mickey Mouse]].
Actually, and I'm sure some legal eagles will pop in to correct me if I'm wrong, there's nothing wrong with us illustrating an article about Mickey Mouse with a picture of Mickey Mouse, if the copyright on the photo itself is clear. Trademark shouldn't interfere with encyclopedic/journalistic reporting.
If we illustrated an article about McDonald's restaurants with 3-4 photos of 'typical' McDonald's from around the world, that'd be totally fine.
--Jimbo