[OSM-talk] Cease use of OpenStreetMap/Antifa logo

[Florian Lohoff]

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 04:57:40PM +0100, Midgard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Someone created a mashup[1] between the logos of OpenStreetMap and Antifa, a collective of militant
> groups which are known to use violence. This graphic is distributed on stickers.[2]

Just nitpicking but "militant groups" is a little far fetched. Antifa is
the abbreviation for "Anti fascist" and by no means has anything to do
with militant activities.

Putting the Antifa into the militant left wing edge is polemic of a lot
of right wing, facist or nationalist partys in the rise in a lot of
European countries.
 
> I'm asking to cease use of this logo.
> 
> I think it's a bad idea to create material that associates OpenStreetMap with political groups.
> I suspect there are also trademark issues with the mashup.

I agree that OSM should not by itself get into the trouble of
sympathising with any political views. OTOH the idea of Anti Facism should
be within OSMs interest as we want to be a welcoming, divers and
globally collaborating group of individuals.

Facism OTOH is the exact opposite of what the OSM Community wants to be
so i sympathise with the idea of parts or the whole of the community
opposing facism.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_Code_of_Conduct_(Draft)

> [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2019_OSM_Anarchist_Antifa_logo.svg
> [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Promotional_Material_Programme#Swag_from_Individual_OSMers

As already the URLs mention this is not an official OSM position but
individuals making mashups. From my POV the mashup is to far from
the original to be a serious and clear trademark issue. But - IANAL.

Flo
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Florian Lohoff                                                 f at zz.de
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