[Mediawiki-l] The use of the word WIKI

[Fred Bauder]

> Sorry if this is the wrong forum...
>
> Is there a limitation on the use of the word WIKI? We registered a
> website, and it includes the word WIKI in the name.
>
> Can Wikipedia come back later and say we can't use the word WIKI because
> they own it, or we have to pay licence fees, etc.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sarel
> South Africa

Wiki is a type of software, not a copyrighted trademark. If the inventor
of the first wiki, Ward Cunningham, had chosen to, he might have made it
one, but he did not, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Fred