[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Toolserver-l] [TS logo] Fwd: Free as in Wikimedia Foundation

[Samuel Klein]

Hi Mathieu,

Debian's Open Use Logo policy is a good example to consider.

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Mathieu Stumpf
<psychoslave at culture-libre.org> wrote:

Attribution correction : the quote below is from Marc P.

> Le 2013-03-19 19:59, Samuel Klein a écrit :
<< [On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 12:32 PM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:]
>>
>> Making sure nobody can use a mark for bad reasons *means* having to okay
>> proposed uses.  If you want something "everyone can use without asking
>> for any reason", you'll get something everyone *will* use for reasons
>> you wish they wouldn't -- and then have no way to stop them.
>
>
> It seems like schizophrenic wishes. If you want something "everyone can use
> without asking for any reason", then you do also want something everyone can
> use even if you don't like what they do with it.
>
> To bring more constructive comments, the more relevant similar case I am
> aware of is the debian policy on their official logo. Here are some relevant
> links :
> http://www.debian.org/logos/
> http://www.debian.org/trademark
> https://lwn.net/Articles/509124/
> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-desktop@lists.debian.org/msg02503.html
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.vote/16135
>
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