Hi Matt, Matt Amos wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Phil Endecott 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?
Thanks. I simply wish to replace the textual "go to OpenStreetMap" button that you can see here: http://topomapsapp.com/features_imgs/actions.jpeg (or in context, here: http://topomapsapp.com/features.html) with an icon. The app is closed-source and I think I am happy with any terms that are "non-viral" and do not require in-situ attribution (the physical size of e.g. a Creative Commons attribution graphic is impractical). > 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? I interpreted your "contact me directly" as an invitation to email you, and I found an address that was not your current gmail one. Cheers, Phil. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
