On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 8:02 PM, <mark.reinh...@oracle.com> wrote: > 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. >
This still doesn't explain why replacing one trademark with another one is helpful here. "Building the JDK" is clearly using the trademark "JDK" as a noun and thus infringing the "sens-less" trademark laws. After Phil's remark, OpenJDK doesn't even seem to be registered as a trademark, so in that sense the old version "Building the OpenJDK" seemed to be even more trademark law compliant. And by the way, I totally agree with Aleksey that changes shouldn't be pushed if reviewers raise concerns (at least not before these concerns have been addressed). Just to quote your words about the new release cadence: "..if your changes don't make it into this release, they will make it in to the next one which is just six month away" :) > - Mark
