The bottom line is that this is likely easy to resolve very quickly. A call between a representative Apache board member, a Sonatype representative, and a secretary to agree on the actions, and carry them out. That seems like a pretty easy plan of action. Anything else just says to me that the board doesn't really care what happens to the Maven project. I think Sonatype has been reasonable, I think I can even dig up an email that says your legal counsel thinks we have been reasonable. Just put the issue to rest and one of you call Wayne. It's absurd that it's come to this. The Apache Board can put this issue to rest, or permanently screw the project. I don't think it's in anyone else's hands really except the Apache Board.
On Jun 17, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Doug Cutting wrote: > On 06/17/2011 03:03 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: >> What Sonatype was seeking was the use of "Maven Central" as a service >> mark in very much the same way Doug Cutting's company, Cloudera, has >> been granted a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the service mark >> "Hadoop World". > > That's a separate issue from the "Maven" software product trademark. > Let's please not confuse them. The action I described and the > attribution the ASF seeks is related to the product trademark, not any > service mark. > >> ... Cloudera, a company founded by Doug Cutting ... > > FWIW, I am not a Cloudera founder, just an employee. > > Doug Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- What matters is not ideas, but the people who have them. Good people can fix bad ideas, but good ideas can't save bad people. -- Paul Graham
