[Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia logos

[John Vandenberg]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> (Resent with correct subject header)
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> John Vandenberg writes:
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>> By the way, check out <http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo>. ?I hope no one
>> > thinks Swedish Wikipedians (or anyone else) is free to reuse the Volvo
>> logo
>> > without a license.
>>
>> That image is in the PD as it does not meet the threshold of
>> originality.  Why do they do not need a license?
>>
>>
> Are you saying that Volvo takes the position that the Volvo logo "does not
> meet the threshold of originality" and therefore is not copyrightable?  Can
> you cite a source on this?

Are you saying that the PD tag on this page is incorrect?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Volvo_logo.svg

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John Vandenberg