On 10/21/07, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
On 21/10/2007, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>
wrote:
On 10/21/07, Andrew Gray
<shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 21/10/2007, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>
wrote:
Anyway, for all I know they've already gotten
permission. Who would
be the one to contact about this?
No idea. But they don't need permission; they are under no legal or
moral or ethical obligation to ask for it;
Wow, I'm rather surprised by that. Ohwell.
...at least, I'm fairly sure they aren't!
It strikes me that we have made our project by writing an
encyclopedia; we write about anything and everything - people,
organisations, products - without ever asking permission to do so or
to use their name, and indeed we aggressively make a lot of noise
about our right to do this.
I think the title of an encyclopedia article is significantly
different from the title of a book. "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual"
strikes me as something created by Wikipedia. When I saw the title to
this thread, that's what I thought it was going to be. Even "The
Missing Manual: Wikipedia" would be less confusing in my opinion. So
I figured from this that trademark law would apply.
How come we should get antsy when someone
uses our name to write about us?
I don't suggest getting antsy. I'm just saying if we can force
someone creating a non-free book to make that book free, we should do
so.
Now, you're saying you don't think that's possible, that trademark law
doesn't apply here. And the fact that there's a "Microsoft Project
2007: The Missing Manual" without any TM or (R)'s on it suggests that
maybe you're right. Although, with Wikipedia it's still kind of
different (more confusing), because Wikipedia is the title of a series
of written works.