I expect that using the logo for advertising Wikipedia would come under fair use/fair dealing. A related question though would be whether the Foundation should be approving advertising before it is sent out.

Angela.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:10:29 +0200, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:

Found the mail

http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikifr-l/2004-June/001702.html

At the bottom, there is a link to a jpeg low resolution image of an ad which will be run in a linux journal.

The picture mentions that the logo is copyrighted, is that correct ?

Do we need Nohat permission for this ?

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David Friedland wrote:

Anthere wrote:

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Found the mail

http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikifr-l/2004-June/001702.html

At the bottom, there is a link to a jpeg low resolution image of an ad which will be run in a linux journal.

The picture mentions that the logo is copyrighted, is that correct ?

Do we need Nohat permission for this ?

Since I uploaded the logo to the meta Wiki, it is released under GFDL. The major questions that have arisen are if I wish to additionally give up rights retained by the GFDL to facilitate use of the logo in particular ways that don't require derived works of the logo to be released under GFDL (such as putting the logo into a larger image or changing the colors or whatever).

http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo explains what the current state of the permissions are. I haven't yet agreed with what is written there, but you can use the logo for the time being under the terms described there.

• David

Okay. Thanks Nohat. I suppose that one day, what is written there and the reality of the logo use will come to a common ground :-) Meanwhile, off we go with the ad :-)