Hi Rupert, 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).
Thanks, Yana -- Yana Welinder Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6867 NOTICE: For legal reasons, I may only serve as a lawyer for the Wikimedia Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:58 PM, rupert THURNER <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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_organizations_one_is_collaborating_withsuggesting > > that we allow it. Thoughts? > > > > -- > > James Heilman > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
