Some Wikimedia logos are not currently under a free license for historic
reasons. But we hope to make them all freely licensed eventually and have
already done so for newer logos (e.g. the new Wikivoyage logo).
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On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, rupert THURNER
rupert.thurner@gmail.comwrote:
> hi,
>
> i talked to james about the reasoning. it seems unequal that wikimedia's
> logo is restricted and allowed, the partners logo not. imo we should put
> the wikimedia logo's under a standard license, because the wikimedia
> foundation is giving a bad example without gaining a lot.
>
> rupert.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:07 AM, James Heilman
jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Currently our policies do not allow the use of logos of organizations we
> > are collaborating with, even with permission from these organizations, in
> > the non mainspace areas of Wikipedia where we are collaborating.
> >
> > As this use "with permission" is legal, it is not in mainspace, and it
> > promotes the development of Wikipedia I have started a RfC here
> >
> >
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content#Logos_of_organ...
> > that we allow it. Thoughts?
> >
> > --
> > James Heilman
> > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
> >
> > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
> > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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