On 4/27/15, 7:01 AM, "Marvin Humphrey" <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:32 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz ><bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:10 AM, Marvin Humphrey >><mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: >>> ...So, if I look on the page `flx_olapdatagrid_ol.html`, I see the >>>following text >>> in the middle... >>> >>> The product field can have the values: ColdFusion, Flex, >>> Dreamweaver, and Illustrator >>> >>> ... and then the following text at the bottom: >>> >>> Adobe and Adobe Flash are either registered trademarks or >>>trademarks of >>> Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other >>>countries and >>> are used by permission from Adobe. No other license to the Adobe >>> trademarks are granted.... >> >> It looks to me that in this example Flex just needs to add ColdFusion >> and Dreamweaver after "Adobe Flash" in that latter paragraph, to >> properly acknowledge those trademarks. I don't see how someone would >> need permission to make that change, as it states a true fact which is >> missing from the above text. > >It's a true fact that they are trademarks of Adobe; what is less clear >thanks >to the incomplete whitelists and the non-standard, extra-strict >attribution >clause is whether we have permission to use them. Update: I have committed the files and fixed as many trademark lists as Justin and I could find quickly. IMO, the sentence starting with “No other license..” is being mis-interpreted. I have to ask the Adobe legal folks about a different issue today so I will use that opportunity to ask for clarification on this sentence. IANAL, but just for the fun of speculating, I would guess that, given the prior sentence mentions a list of Adobe trademarks, that the trademarks referenced in the second sentence is that same list. And the reason for the non-standard second sentence is because it isn’t standard for Adobe trademarks to be mixed into content with an open license, especially a license associated with an entity to which Adobe has already donated one of its trademarks, and with even more complexity, has a license to continue to use the donated trademark on its existing products. I’m not sure how lawyers interpret words, but for me, the bigger context often helps prevent taking individual phrases out of context. But I’ve been surprised many times before, so I’m not wagering anything on my guess. I’ll post another update when I hear back. -Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
