[Foundation-l] [FR 07] Fundraiser 2007 -Responsiveness ofCommunity

GerardM gerard.meijssen at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 17:10:49 UTC 2007


Hoi,
Do you really think that this will be a problem ? Somehow I doubt it. First
and foremost we need to be engaged. I think that is more relevant then
expecting the Foundation to say no before it has been even asked !!
Thanks,
    GerardM

On 9/19/07, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/19/07, Tim 'avatar' Bartel <wikipedia at computerkultur.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Titoxd at Wikimedia schrieb, am 19.09.2007 09:58:
> > > I'm pretty sure that they'll make something more subtle if
> requested...
> > >
> > > By the way, I've thrown my hat into the mix and made an image for the
> > > fundraiser. I've uploaded it to Commons:
> > >
> > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimedia_Fundraiser_2007.png
> > >
> > > (I'm using this email to release any copyright I may have and granting
> it to
> > > the Foundation as well.) Hopefully you guys will like it. :)
> >
> > I don't want to be the bad guy but this logo does not match our visual
> > identity guidelines [1] and so it shouldn't be used at all.
> >
>
> As a clarification: It specifiically violates the sentence "Note that
> no derivative of the Wikimedia logo can be published without prior
> approval from the Foundation." Anyway, isn't this why we have a
> Community logo (
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg)
> which can be used without approval and without following the
> Foundation Logo guidelines?
>
> Michael
>
> > Bye, Tim.
> >
> > [1]
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_visual_identity_guidelines
> >
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