On 3/11/15 4:20 PM, Martijn Dashorst wrote: > Great initiative! > > Just one question: I don't see anything related to the groovy name and > possible trademark in the proposal. Does Pivotal have any claims to > the name groovy, and if so are those claims transferred to the ASF?
Good point. Just from the Apache *policy* side, the ASF must have trademark rights to a podling's name before the board will approve a graduation vote. With such a long history, we would need a clear statement of some sort from whoever was previously hosting Groovy software product releases, which would seem to be Pivotal. Or, the podling would have to choose a new name that we did have rights to. 8-) If the PPMC requests it, we can then register the project's name as a trademark in the US *after* graduation. If this podling joins the incubator, please coordinate some Groovy PPMC and Pivotal contacts with trademarks@. Presuming Pivotal is willing (and I can't imagine why they wouldn't be), trademarks@ can ensure the right stuff gets done. - Shane --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
