[OSM-talk] Unlicensed use of the logo in iPhone app?
M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
dieterdreist at gmail.com
Thu May 19 11:32:20 BST 2011
2011/5/19 Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com>:
> Thomas Davie writes:
> > On 18 May 2011, at 07:04, Russ Nelson wrote:
> > > can Ken assign copyright in the logo to OSMF.
> >
> > He can, but I see no reason why he should (other than if he
> > particularly wants to). The point of the licensing of this project
> > is for people to get credit for what they did, I don't see why Ken
> > should have to say "actually, it was the whole of the OSMF".
>
> So, no more reason than SteveC should have assigned the trademark, I
> guess?
You really can't compare this. To control the trademark is the power
to decide who has the right to call himself "Openstreetmap", while
beeing the copyright holder of a logo which is licensed cc-by-sa
simply gives you the right to be credited when your work is used
(because you already gave anyone the right to use your work without
any royalties).
But I agree to the point that it would be desirable not having to
credit Ken every time the logo is used...
cheers,
Martin
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