Robert, Just curious if you did try to send email to tpc.org to ask about fair usage of example data?
- Henry On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> wrote: > I tried twice writing them but I didn't receive an answer. > But given that Apache Calcite is also using airlift/tpch in its > dependencies as well, I would like to add the TPC-H data generator to > "flink-contrib". > I would also add a note that TPC is a registered trademark and that our > generator is not the official generator and may not be used to generate > test data for performance measurement publications. > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> wrote: > >> I wrote them some time ago (like 12+ months) about the question whether we >> can include TPCH sample data for our programs. They replied they were just >> revising their license to allow that. >> >> Should be possible now. Good idea to ping them again to make sure that it >> is approved now and that it holds for code as well... >> >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >> > Okay, thank you. I'll write a mail to tpc.org and ask which rules we >> have >> > to respect. >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > +1 for reaching out to the TPC. >> > > >> > > It might also be that it is OK to add the code but not under the name >> > > TPC-H. >> > > >> > > 2015-02-11 13:55 GMT+01:00 Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org>: >> > > >> > > > Nice, this is a great tool. :) >> > > > >> > > > On 09 Feb 2015, at 17:05, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > However, the website is not really helpful: >> > > > http://www.tpc.org/trademarks/ >> > > > > >> > > > > As one data point, the Apache Calcite (incubating) project also >> > depends >> > > > on >> > > > > the mentioned airlift/tpch repository: >> > > > > >> > > >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/blob/master/plus/pom.xml#L57 >> > > > > and >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/blob/master/plus/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/tpch/TpchSchema.java#L33 >> > > > > . >> > > > > >> > > > > How about adding a line to the NOTICE files acknowledging that TPC >> > is a >> > > > > registered trademark of the transaction processing council? >> > > > >> > > > I find it reasonable to add it to the NOTICE files as an >> > acknowledgement. >> > > > >> > > > The trademark website says "For additional details please contact >> > > > ad...@tpc.org." If we want to be on the safe side, we could write an >> > > > email and confirm. >> > > > >> > > > Any further opinions on this? >> > > > >> > > > – Ufuk >> > > >> > >>
