[WikiEN-l] When did we start pimping for Microsoft?

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

Last time I checked it was allowed to use the logo of a search engine to
identify it.
This is certainly a valid use of fair use images.

Mgm


On 5/20/07, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On May 19, 2007, at 6:35 PM, Andrew Gray wrote:
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> > a) that they were being used for the reasonably sensible use of
> > identifying what the box you were about to type a query into was; and
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> It is, though I just have a visceral reaction against seeing a
> Windows logo on Wikipedia. Microsoft's goals and policies are the
> opposite of ours, and it's just jarring to see their logo.
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> > b) that no-one was giving a reason to avoid them beyond a mechanical
> > "remove fair use images"
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> That's a pretty good reason, since it's our policy and all...
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> -Phil
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