[WikiEN-l] Re: Images on user pages

Fri Sep 16 03:25:58 UTC 2005

For instance, for the Netscape icon
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nuvola_apps_netscape.png we
apparently can only use it in limited cases and are supposed to
include the text:

"Netscape, Netscape Certificater Server, Netscape FastTrack Server,
Netscape Navigator, Netscape ONE, SuiteSpot, and the Netscape N and
Ship's Wheel logos are registered trademarks of Netscape
Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries.
[List other Netscape product names used in your document] are also
trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may be
registered in other countries." (from
http://wp.netscape.com/legal_notices/trademarks.html)

So it would seem to me that we shouldn't have the trademarked images
that we can only use in limited cases anyways.

Laurascudder

On 9/15/05, Laura Scudder <laurascudder at gmail.com> wrote:
> IANAL, but wouldn't icons such as
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nuvola_apps_licq.png be
> trademarked still?
> 
> 
> Laurascudder
> 
> On 9/15/05, Alphax <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jimmy Wales wrote:
> > > Alphax wrote:
> > >
> > >>Well, the Firefox and Wikipedia logos are both copyrighted and
> > >>trademarked. Recreating them from scratch would at least solve the first
> > >>issue.
> > >
> > >
> > > That's just wrong.  Recreating them from scratch would not solve the
> > > first issue at all.
> > >
> > > That's like saying that if I type in all of a Harry Potter book from
> > > scratch, it's no longer copyrighted.
> > >
> >
> > Argh, I meant in the same style, not the exact same thing... so if
> > someone created an image of white globe with a chunk taken out of the
> > top and letters all over it, and an orange stylised fox wrapped around
> > it... would that be any better?
> >
> > > Please, I ask people, don't speculate on legal matters unless and until
> > > you've learned more about them.
> > >
> >
> > As an aside: I've replaced some of the images in question (at least on
> > [[User:NSR/userboxes]] with icons from the Nuvola icon set for KDE
> > (shameless plug: these are going on Commons, linked from
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nuvola), which are licensed under the
> > LGPL, so if anyone wants to complain about the copyright or whatever on
> > them, they can ask David Vignoni (the author) about them.
> >
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