Re: [OSM-talk] Branding?

2013-02-23 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 23/02/2013 07:24, Robin Paulson wrote: How do we reconcile relatively permissive use of the OSM database, with relatively restrictive use of the Open Street Map name? For the moment, I put to one side Stallman's argument that there is no such thing as intellectual property [1]. In the same

Re: [OSM-talk] Branding?

2013-02-23 Thread Simon Poole
Am 23.02.2013 08:24, schrieb Robin Paulson: On 2013-02-23 09:05, Simon Poole wrote: A trademark and other IP use policy is one of the things the new OSMF How do we reconcile relatively permissive use of the OSM database, with relatively restrictive use of the Open Street Map name? For the

[OSM-talk] Branding?

2013-02-22 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Do we have any guidelines for use of the OSM brand? I'm aware that the OSM-GB issue gets raised every now and then but hadn't realised until today how easy it is to get confused between OSM.org and OSM-GB - see for example the OSM-GB wiki:

Re: [OSM-talk] Branding?

2013-02-22 Thread Simon Poole
A trademark and other IP use policy is one of the things the new OSMF board has on its agenda to come up with this year (there are a couple of pieces missing to make this work, but they are being worked on), it is likely to be a joint effort between the CWG, LWG and interested board members. The

Re: [OSM-talk] Branding?

2013-02-22 Thread Robin Paulson
On 2013-02-23 09:05, Simon Poole wrote: A trademark and other IP use policy is one of the things the new OSMF How do we reconcile relatively permissive use of the OSM database, with relatively restrictive use of the Open Street Map name? For the moment, I put to one side Stallman's argument

Re: [OSM-talk] Branding question, OSM logo with .ai

2011-12-15 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi Frans. There simply is no right logo. The osm logo is like a general idea, that can be changed slightly. There is the logo used on the website and the wiki, but even that changed in the past, because somebody proposed a new version that others liked. About your suggestion about AI: I

Re: [OSM-talk] Branding question, OSM logo with .ai

2011-12-15 Thread Tom Hughes
On 07/12/11 16:04, Frans Thamura wrote: i see in inkspace edition, the logo like moving out from the border. is this the real logo, but i got the pdf, all area, street, countour trimmed with border - see the PDF. which one is the right logo? Simple, the master copy of the logo is the one on