[Foundation-l] Foundation logo : pain and suffering

[Jimmy Wales]

I think the point is that the sunflower logo was one which we wanted to 
have as the default logo for all installations, and we wanted people to 
be able to happily use it or do whatever they wanted with it, and we did 
NOT intend to protect it or license it in any restrictive way.  Not that 
particular one.  That's because it is the default logo in the default 
install of the software, see.

This is not about the foundation logo, the wikipedia logo, etc., all of 
which are trademarks and copyright to the foundation, etc.

The sunflower one is one we don't really care about, except of course we 
love it with all our hearts. :)

Now, as to whether it is literally "public domain" (which is really 
rather a bit hard to do under US law), I leave to lawyers to figure out. 
  Whether it is a trademark that the Foundation chooses not to defend, 
or a trademark which the Foundation freely licenses, or not a trademark 
at all, is a question I also leave to lawyers to figure out.

The point is, people can do as they like with it, and the Foundation 
does not mind.

This discussion, to repeat, applies ONLY to the sunflower logo which is 
the default install in the mediawiki software.

--Jimbo