Summary: | Clipart Issue: Need to review the collection for copyright and trademark issues. | ||
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Product: | openclipart.org | Reporter: | Jonadab the Unsightly One <jonadab> |
Component: | clipart | Assignee: | default user for a product <clipart> |
Status: | RESOLVED NOTOURBUG | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | critical | ||
Priority: | high | CC: | jw |
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | x86 (IA32) | ||
OS: | Linux (All) | ||
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Description
Jonadab the Unsightly One
2005-08-26 16:16:44 UTC
Got one: http://openclipart.org/clipart//computer/aviso_sergio_luiz_araujo_01.svg This is from the gnome icon theme hmm, got another one: http://openclipart.org/clipart//computer/otto_02.svg This Otto mascot is NOT a trademark of OpenOffice.org, it is the winner of a contest and was made by a kid. AFAIK, it is not used in any official material. It was supposed to be the mascot of OOo Schools Project but it generated a very large controversy (because a hand gesture, which may be interpreted as offensive is nome cultures). The images submited here is a redrawing made by Alexandro Colorado, from the spanish community of OOo. As long as we are clear that Otto can be released under our license, that is fine. Releasing Otto in the public domain is fine, but what about the OOo flying birds in the background? They should be deleted as they are part of the copyrighted OOo logo. I think this one may be a violation as well.... http://openclipart.org/clipart//people/don_t_panic__dan_gerhard_01.svg 'Velocette' is a registered trademark, according to the banner in the central image at http://www.velocette.org. So, we should reather remove http://openclipart.org/clipart//logos/velocette_frank_warttig_01.svg I am still not sure about the other logos. BTW: You do a great work! 'velocette' was a trademark in 1945. It is expired. (In reply to comment #8) > 'velocette' was a trademark in 1945. It is expired. 1945 + 70 = 2015. It will expire in 2015 for me after 70 years... (In reply to comment #9) > > 'velocette' was a trademark in 1945. It is expired. > 1945 + 70 = 2015. It will expire in 2015 for me after 70 years... Patricia, sure you do not confuse trademark and copyright? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_trademark_law It seems a trademark does not expire after a number of years, it expire when the owner cease protecting it. Nicu, In fact, this trademark is still in use... http://webdb4.patent.gov.uk/tm/number (Number : 1249363) The owner is : David Matthew Scott And the first company closed in 1971. So as a trademark, we may use it in our documents, papers, web... instead for a commercial use. Like openclipart is only for PD license, I guess we should remove it. Only repository with non commercial license would be able to show this trademark. Patricia Yes, we need to do this really bad! We could do this prior to import, but after import will be easiest. Closing all openclipart bugs as openclipart is now on launchpad, as per request from Jon Philips. |
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