[WikiEN-l] bit of tricky copyright question

Sun Jul 31 09:57:24 UTC 2005

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Jtkiefer wrote:
> I have a bit of a tricky copyright question. Recently I decided that I
> would like to create a derivation of the Wikipedia logo for personal use
> soley on the Wikipedia site, after seeing that it was copyrighted to the
> Wikipedia foundation I emailed Jimbo asking for formal permission to use
> the image as a part of the future work. I have not recieved any reply
> and so I decided to continue assuming that since there are already other
> works based off the Wikipedia logo on the site it would be ok and I
> could deal with tagging later..  I have since uploaded the work and amd
> wondering whether it is a copyright violation or not and if not what it
> should be tagged since it doesn't seem to fall under any of the
> licensing schemes.  BTW, the image can be found at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Darkwiki.jpg.
> 

{{logo}} and {{GFDL}} according to [[Image:Wiki.png]]; however, the logo
is trademarked. {{commons:CopyrightByWikimedia}} if you can.

> 
> I've also been meaning to ask how the copyright on the Wikipedia logo
> works since it seems to be a paradox of terms, especially since it has
> been established that despite claims otherwise, see [[User:Pioneer-12]]
> everything posted or uploaded to Wikipedia is automatically licensed
> under the GFDL yet the logo appears to be exempt.
> 

This image is copyrighted by the Wikimedia foundation. It is one of the
official logos or designs used by the Wikimedia foundation or by one of
its projects. Notwithstanding any other statement on this page this
image has not been licensed under the GFDL.
© & ? All rights reserved, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc..

But I think {{logo}} is the safest bet.

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