Forcing OpenContrail to give up identity that got us here since last five years is not right. It is also being ungrateful to creativity.
I never understood the insistence to be part of LF. Regards -Harshad > On Nov 30, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Gregory Elkinbard <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will ask the LF folks, > But please note that RedHat does not actually own, or tried to own Linux as a > trademark. > RedHat site seems to claims that Enterprise Linux is a registered trademark > it is actually not. > > Enterprise Linux was filed and abandoned in 2008 by some magazine, RedHat > filed Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform which also > was abandoned in 2008 and trademark was never granted according to US > > http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:yjpkzi.2.3 > http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:yjpkzi.2.1 > > So RedHat is using Linux in the product name without owning the trademark. > They also should not have a registration mark against Enterprise Linux on > their site as It is not a USA registered trademark. > > We do need to retain Contrail as trademark not just use it in the product > name. > > Both internal lawyers and LF lawyers had a fit. Trust me I did not give up > this fight easily. > > Greg > > > > From: Dev <[email protected]> on behalf of Sachin Bansal > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 5:38 PM > To: Harshad Nakil <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [opencontrail-dev] We need a new name > > +1 > > I also see double standards here. They have no problem with Redhat selling a > product with ‘Linux’ in its name. > > Sachin > > On Nov 30, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Harshad Nakil <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > On Nov 30, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Ashish Ranjan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would rather go to Apache foundation or somewhere else if Linux foundation > has issues with ‘contrail’. There is no way we should try to rename this and > create confusion (and dilute brand). > > I am not an expert but I see there are many open source projects (like > Docker, Kafka) with commercial version. > > Ashish > > From: Dev <[email protected]> on behalf of Nachi Ueno > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:43:51 PM > To: Randy Bias; Robert Raszuk > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opencontrail-dev] We need a new name > > then how about OpenSurströmming? ( I'm just kidding :) ) > > BTW, "Contrail" is "hikoki-gumo" or "kousekiun" in Japanese. > > ________________________________________ > From: Randy Bias > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:58:59 PM > To: Robert Raszuk > Cc: Gregory Elkinbard; Nachi Ueno; Gasparakis, Joseph; EXT - > [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opencontrail-dev] We need a new name > > Yeah. Not a big fan of natto. Even with an egg on it. > > > --Randy > > > *** Sent from mobile, pls forgive tpyoes *** > > On Nov 30, 2017, at 14:21, Robert Raszuk > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hey Nachi, > > > BTW how about natto? this food seems like a network :P > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natt%C5%8D<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Natt-25C5-258D&d=DwMFaQ&c=HAkYuh63rsuhr6Scbfh0UjBXeMK-ndb3voDTXcWzoCI&r=cvig2YGjcAqtN3D01QkDbCz-8RUttsFy-iNDV0QCxFA&m=5ZFGzZiZpKyzy_icDopyHBbyzQDA2u-m2oBuxWkoG8c&s=8-Dos0M5o_oo5UMvxqLKv-KsR58HWjf4E2bflfcEj4M&e=> > > Do you really want to discourage people from using it :))) ? > > Cheers, > R, > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencontrail.org/mailman/listinfo/dev_lists.opencontrail.org > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencontrail.org/mailman/listinfo/dev_lists.opencontrail.org > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.opencontrail.org_mailman_listinfo_dev-5Flists.opencontrail.org&d=DwICAg&c=HAkYuh63rsuhr6Scbfh0UjBXeMK-ndb3voDTXcWzoCI&r=4SMc5wJ_FVS46-BSw4dDnrpmjQWP4eg0fer2nm244qg&m=j-ad-zSS8GjcSywyx1CU1uUEE-eV09QgzIRaH1RoMCo&s=pn-FHuWo0HvguVdEVs8A61dLcKAyJIG2zNMBa5Y4PkE&e= >
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