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If you want it to be usable on Wikipedia, how do you assign the IP?
by kevinmchugh 3y ago
If you want it to be usable on Wikipedia, how do you assign the IP?
- amenghra 3y agoWikipedia lets you specify the license. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#/media/File:Tux.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#/media/File:Tux.svg has three permission details, including Creative Commons CC0 1.0.
- someotherperson 3y agoA lot of companies release press kits for proper usage of their logos without necessarily transferring the IP. I imagine in a lot of cases (including Wikipedia) it falls under fair use -- ultimately the logo is still trademarked.
- wizzwizz4 3y agoRelease it under a CC 4.0 license. Section 2b2: > Patent and trademark rights are not licensed under this Public License.
- brewmarche 3y agoIIRC a lot of logos technically don’t meet the threshold of originality so they’re not even copyrightable
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoIn particular, as well as the obvious "can't copyright a circle" concept, wordmarks often don't qualify for copyright. Even if the typeface is copyrighted (as many are), that doesn't transfer to writing in that typeface. As usual, exactly where and to what extent that is true can vary around the world. Trademark rules still apply, so you still can't take the Google wordmark and slap it on your company even if the logo is on Wikipedia Commons.
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