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

Midgard midgard+talk at janmaes.com
Thu Feb 13 14:32:25 UTC 2020


Quoting Christoph Hormann (2020-02-13 15:06:21)
> On Monday 10 February 2020, Midgard wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> No, the trademark policy is pretty clear on that:
> 
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_Policy
> 
> in section 3.5.

There's also section 2.1 that forbids using a mark that "confuses users by suggesting endorsement
by, or affiliation with, the OSMF". I think that is violated here.

Kind regards,
Midgard



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