[Foundation-l] Trademarks

[Anthony]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Anthony, Mike - I'm sure you haven't forgotten that this is
> Foundation-l,
> >> not Trademark 01 (or Intro to rhetoric, for that matter), but maybe we
> can
> >> draw the discussion back to matters Wikimedia?
> >>
> >
> > I would think the general council's
>
> Oh, we created yet another council? I thought a board of trustees, an
> advisory board and a wikicouncil is enough. SCNR.
>

Right, I can't spell.

>philosophical position on trademarks is
> > a matter quite Wikimedia, especially since Mike says that it influences
> what
> > he does pretty much on a daily basis.
> >
>
> Yes and maybe we want to leave legal issues to the legal staff? I'm
> all for discussions, but there is a certain point where laymen's
> advice becomes less-than-usable/efficient.
>

Legal issues should be left to the legal staff.  Philosophical issues, on
the other hand, should absolutely not be left to legal taff.  Hence my
question about separating the two, you know, the one which was derided as
disparaging.