Nothing would prevent you to do something like that. There are a few formal requirments, like also saying "$X is not related with Apache Ripple etc" anymore.
Here is some guidance, but in general i think its all just saying clearly what it is and what not. http://apache.org/foundation/marks/#guidelines On Tue, Dec 1, 2015, at 16:27, Raymond Camden wrote: > Oh thats cool. And I assume that if it ended up as Project X or some > such, we can say, "This project was formally known as Apache Ripple". > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Christian Grobmeier > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually it is possible to make some kind of references from the old > > project pages to the new home. > > Like in example: > > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/zetacomponents.html > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015, at 12:55, Raymond Camden wrote: > >> So does anyone want to do this? I'd like to see Ripple up on GitHub > >> and I'd be happy to help manage it, but I frankly give two hoots about > >> the name itself. If there is someone who knows a contact at Blackberry > >> to ask, cool, otherwise, I say we just pick some random new name and > >> put it up on GitHub. > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:13 AM, Ross Gardler > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > As can be seen in recent discussions the Ripple project will be retired > >> > as an Incubating Apache project. During the discussion the status of the > >> > Ripple trademark was one question that came up. I responded that if > >> > anyone wants to use the mark they would need permission from whoever > >> > owns the mark. In my preliminary evaluation of the status of the mark it > >> > did not appear that it had been transferred to the ASF on entry into the > >> > Incubator (which is the usual case). > >> > > >> > If anyone in the community wants to reuse this mark you need to confirm > >> > with [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> that the ASF > >> > does not own the mark and, once confirmed, approach the trademark owner > >> > (Blackberry I believe). Under no circumstances should anyone use the > >> > Ripple name without obtaining permission. > >> > > >> > The code, however, can be taken under the Apache License V2 and worked > >> > on elsewhere if you so desire. > >> > > >> > Ross > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> =========================================================================== > >> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > >> > >> Email : [email protected] > >> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > >> Twitter: raymondcamden > > > > -- > =========================================================================== > Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM > > Email : [email protected] > Blog : www.raymondcamden.com > Twitter: raymondcamden
