[Foundation-l] Design for wikipedia's front page (and corporate)

Thu May 18 22:24:33 UTC 2006

On 5/18/06, Łukasz Garczewski <tor at oak.pl> wrote:
> Anthony DiPierro napisał(a):
> > Is the design going to be GFDL?
> >
> After a brief talk with Delphine and some other people (including
> non-wikimedians) during the Wikimedia Polska 2006 meetup my take on this is:
>
> No, the design should NOT be GFDL, CC-whatever or under any other free
> license. The webpage design is an integral part of the sites' visual
> identity, just as much as the project logos (if not more).
>
> Monobook is currently distributed along with every MediaWiki package.
> Anybody can set up a site that looks almost EXACTLY like Wikipedia and
> be on the safe side of the law.
>
> Sure, giving our website design away under a free license is a nice
> thing to do but... Why the hell should we be nice?
>
The entire reason Wikimedia exists is to be nice.

> If this doesn't seem to convince you think about this for a moment: Why
> don't we just release the logos under a free license? When you come to
> an answer simply apply it to the design as well, cause this is the same
> area - visual identity.
>
I should point out that not everyone in the world thinks the logos
*should* be under a free license.

> (Disclaimer: No, I did not assume Anthony was implying that the design
> should be under GFDL when he asked the question above. I assumed a
> number of people might think that.)
>
Heh, I guess I'll keep you all guessing how I feel on the matter :).

> --
> Cheers,
> TOR

Anthony