[Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

Wed Jul 13 19:24:08 UTC 2011

On 13 July 2011 01:32, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Prompted by discussions in another thread, I ask a related question--
>
> ;1--  A roadmap towards affiliation
>
> How should a currently-unaffiliated project go about becoming 'part
> of' Wikimedia?
>
> One easy step they could take would be to simply  say, on their
> website, "This site considers itself to be part of the Wikimedia
> Movement".   (alternate text welcome )

That would be a trademark violation. We should protect our trademarks.
We don't want them associated with just any project. The Foundation,
or its delegate, needs to approve any affiliations. Letting anyone
call themselves part of the movement could cause us significant harm
since an affiliation doesn't just say that the project supports us,
but that we support the project. We don't want people claiming we
support them unless we actually do.