[Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia logos

[Mike Godwin]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Marcus Buck <me at marcusbuck.org> wrote:

> Mike Godwin hett schreven:
>
>  My guess, admittedly based on nothing but anecdotal evidence, is that the
>> Swedish Wikipedians who created this largely artificial and unnecessary
>> dispute have not consulted independent trademark and copyright experts
>> with
>> regard to the rationale for their decision.
>>
>>
> Might be true, I don't know. You are an expert, so share your knowledge.
> What's the difference between e.g. Coca Cola with it's PD-old logo and
> Wikimedia? Why do we need copyright restrictions to protect our projects
> when Coca Cola (or any other company/organization with non-copyrighted logo)
> does not?
>

This is explained in the policy document I posted a link for.


--Mike