2018/6/27 23:21:34 -0700, volker.simo...@gmail.com: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:08 AM, mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote: >> ... >> >> “OpenJDK” is a trademarked term, per the OpenJDK Trademark Notice [1]. >> As such it should be used only as an adjective, and not as a noun. >> Phrases such as “the OpenJDK” could be replaced by the more correct, >> and much more verbose, “the OpenJDK JDK,” or “the open-source JDK,” >> but in most cases the context is sufficiently clear that we can just >> write “the JDK.” >> > > Sorry, but I don't see any sense in this change!
Trademark law doesn’t always make a lot of sense. > Do you plan to do the same for the OpenJDK web pages and the OpenJDK > Wiki. Yes, on a best-effort basis, but priority will be given to more-prominent documents such as these. > Do you plan to scan all the OpenJDK mails and reject them if > they use "OpenJDK" inappropriately? No, of course not. That’d be silly. > And by the way, "JDK" is an Oracle trademark as well (see [1]) so this > change is basically a NOP. Trademark law doesn’t always make a lot of sense. - Mark
