[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

The Cunctator cunctator at gmail.com
Sat Feb 20 05:54:30 UTC 2010


Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other
submissions to Wikipedia -- they were submitted under the GFDL.

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:52 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20 February 2010 00:23, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know the actual logos are trademarked, but the proposals aren't. If
> > these are creations by Wikimedians, then hopefully they are under a
> > free license. They should be uploaded to Commons and organized, if
> > so!
> >
> > -Chad
>
> For the most part no. They were deliberately ot released so the the
> copyright could be transferred to the foundation. Some have since been
> released when they found other uses
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Example.jpg for example) but most
> have not been.
>
>
>
> --
> geni
>
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