On 12/21/2011 1:35 AM, Craig L Russell wrote: > > On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > >> On 20 December 2011 22:35, William A. Rowe Jr. <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote: >>> On 12/20/2011 4:24 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: >>>> The proposal says "Existing Flex-related conferences, podcasts and >>>> websites should be allowed to continue using “Flex” as part of their >>>> name - Apache Flex will have to create guidelines for that." >>>> >>>> Whilst I don't see any problem with that in principle it would be >>>> really useful to itemise these items so that we know what we are >>>> dealing with. >>> >>> It's a problem as a blanket statement. If the project is not going >>> to donate its name, it needs to pick a new name on its way into the >>> incubator, before graduation. >> >> The proposal does say the Flex trademark is being donated. The above >> is an indication that there are groups already using that mark and >> they should be allowed to continue to do so. My concern is that there >> may be a for profit using this trademark that expects to continue to >> use it. That, I imagine, would be unacceptable. even not-for-profits >> might present complications. >> >> Better to understand what these might be in advance. > > A quick search of the internet shows these potential conflicts as well: > > flex.org run by Adobe Platform Evangelism Team; will this site die or will > Apache be > expected to maintain it with volunteers? > > http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/ > > flex.at © 2008 Flex. All rights reserved. Site by instant>>>> > > flex.com ISP in Hawaii > > openshift.redhat.com/app/flex > > I'd really like to have trademarks and legal take a closer look at this... We > know what a > nightmare name conflicts are, even when the name in question is as well-known > and > well-understood as this one.
If Adobe properly managed the Flex(TM) mark, everything is trivial from here on out. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
