Robert, I mailed an email to the legal-discuss list. I'll give you all an update here, what the result of the *trademark overhaul* issue is.
-Matthias [1] http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-27 On 7/7/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maybe we all can work a bit on this *new* :) wiki page http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Trademarks If we all agree on the content, I'd like to move it to the *real* website -Matthias On 7/7/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I got feedback on this from Paul. He also mentioned that search tool, > that Adam winer already used for looking at Trademarks against > Trinidad (see [1]). We did also the same for Germany / Europe. > > Since we all aren't lawyers I doubt if this is enough. When we all > agree, that the name Trinidad (Apache Trinidad) is *safe*, we'd like > to start the package renaming. Currently we are under > "org.apache.myfaces.adf.***". We'd like to get rid of the adf in our > package names. > > Thanks, > Matthias > > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/adffaces-user%40incubator.apache.org/msg00280.html > > On 7/6/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I just saw that Synapse has *similar* task, not same. It starts with > > "If applicable, make ...". > > Is this b/c there is no free section on nameprotect.com or no "apache account" ? > > > > Thanks, > > Matthias > > > > On 7/5/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > Since the name "ADF Faces" is only a temporary one, we ask our > > > community to vote on a name (We filtered the suggested names, because > > > some are already used for software products; filtering means: using > > > google by combining name + software). > > > > > > The result was "Trinidad". So the name for the Podling is now "Apache > > > Trindidad". > > > > > > To be save about the name and our status (see [1]) file contains the > > > following section, I'd like to know the *process details* on the > > > "trademark issue". > > > > > > <snip> > > > Make sure that the requested project name does not already exist and > > > check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not already > > > trademarked for an existing software product. > > > </snip> > > > > > > Since "www.nameprotect.com" is not free to use, we did already the following: > > > > > > Our committer "Adam Winer" did a research on "Trinidad" regarding US Trademarks: > > > http://tinyurl.com/lebb8 > > > > > > and a user "Frank Felix Debatin" did the same for German Trademarks: > > > http://tinyurl.com/ohfds > > > > > > Both came up that there are *only* Trademarks against Trinidad against > > > Rum, Cigar and Tobacco. > > > > > > Now we don't know, is that what we've done so far is enough? > > > > > > I'd like to contribute this "informations" to the incubator site, > > > because it is very important for others, but not sure if we are done > > > or almost done, and what is still missing on the *crucial* trademark > > > thing. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > -Matt > > > > > > > > > -- > > Matthias Wessendorf > > > > futher stuff: > > blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf > > mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > futher stuff: > blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf > mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com > -- Matthias Wessendorf futher stuff: blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
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