On 10/21/07, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
On 21/10/2007, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 10/21/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 21/10/2007, Anthony wikimail@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.