On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Phil Endecott<spam_from_osm_t...@chezphil.org> wrote: > Dear All, > > I'd like to use the OSM logo (i.e. the "magnifier on a map" one) for a > "go to openstreetmap.org" button in an iPhone app. It looks like the > logo is GPL licensed, which prevents me from doing this. Quoting this > page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Matt > > "the icon has the same license as most other stuff in the OSM > repository - GPLv2. [...] > If anyone wants it under a different license then please contact me > directly and I'll see if its possible. --Matt" > > Unfortunately I'm unable to find an email address for User:Matt so I'm > posting here. Can Matt (or anyone else) offer any advice?
please use it. the use case you've described is perfectly in keeping with the intended use of the logo (i.e: it's relevant to OSM). what sort of license do you need? is your app closed-source? just ignore the trademark stuff - no-one is going to sue you. the only reason to trademark the logo (and name) is to prevent them being abused. the evilness / incompetence (delete as appropriate) around the trademark transfer shouldn't prevent you from making good use of the logo. cheers, matt PS: i'm not in the habit of putting my email address on the wiki, but i thought posting to my User_Talk page would do the trick? _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
