Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation Meeting, 4 July 2004

Ray Saintonge <[email protected]> Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:08:03 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.org.wikimedia.legal,gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Daniel Mayer wrote:

>> User:Pallusmagnus (may be misspelled) was the actual
>>
>>originator of the 3d logo, which Nohat simply
>>augmented, (albeit substantially). If there's an issue
>>of IP/conceptual ownership (GFDL??) PM would have far
>>more rights to it than NH.
>>    
>>
>
>It was my understanding that all logos were released under terms of the GNU FDL
>and with implicit permission granted to the foundation to use the images as its
>trademarks. 
>  
>
Wouldn't the exclusive use of the logo as a trademark be inconsistent 
with the GFDL idea that something is being released for free use by 
everybody?

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