[Foundation-l] Foundation logo : pain and suffering

[Angela]

> > I don't think the foundation owns the mediawiki logo. Copyright wise
> > it is in the public domain.
> Hoi,
> Given the age of the thing it cannot be PD yet. They are part of a
> trademark and as such they are owned by the Foundation. They can if they
> so choose license the logos. This is problematic because the rights that
> are usual for other WMF content contrasts with the requirement of
> maintaining the trademark.

No, the MediaWiki one really is public domain.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:MediaWiki-smaller-logo.png

Whether or not it is also a trademark of the Foundation doesn't affect
its copyright status.

Angela.