[Foundation-l] Re: Hosting scans of the 1911 Britannica on Wikimedia

[Tim Starling]

Angela wrote:
> On 11/9/05, Tim Starling <t.starling at physics.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I suggested EB as an abbreviation, not as a way to avoid
>>trademark issues.
> 
> 
> The potential trademark issue was brought up on this list last July:
> <http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2005-July/003645.html>.
> Since then, Wikisource has been mostly using the EB abbreviation, but
> there are still  many mentions of the full name, so perhaps it was
> decided it wasn't an issue.
> 

We can remove references to the name if we have to, but don't expect me to
be happy about it. In any case I'd like to hear a qualified opinion.

-- Tim Starling