[OSM-talk] License for OSM logo

Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrlists at googlemail.com
Tue Jul 7 07:53:17 BST 2009


The logo is also now trademarked. I'll raise this (and have also copied to
Matt) as currently we don't have a policy on reuse of the logo.

Cheers

Andy Robinson
Secretary
OSMF

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Phil Endecott
>Sent: 06 July 2009 11:38 PM
>To: Openstreetmap
>Subject: [OSM-talk] License for OSM logo
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>Dear All,
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>I'd like to use the OSM logo (i.e. the "magnifier on a map" one) for a
>"go to openstreetmap.org" button in an iPhone app.  It looks like the
>logo is GPL licensed, which prevents me from doing this.  Quoting this
>page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Matt
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>    "the icon has the same license as most other stuff in the OSM
>    repository - GPLv2. [...]
>    If anyone wants it under a different license then please contact me
>    directly and I'll see if its possible. --Matt"
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>Unfortunately I'm unable to find an email address for User:Matt so I'm
>posting here.  Can Matt (or anyone else) offer any advice?
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>Thanks,  Phil.
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