I agree, it might lead to confusion as soon as a wider audience is looking for information about the project they could be confused. I've put an info text on the landing page at openmeetings.de to the project website at the Apache Foundation for now.
I will contact the trademark list to ask what I should do further to prevent confusion. Sebastian 2012/7/19 Ross Gardler <[email protected]> > The domain is not really a problem since it predates the projects move > here. we're not interested in killing off your business ;-) As long as > the PPMC has no objections to what you are doing there then all is > good. Things can certainly be improved to ensure any new PPMC members > not aware of your history with the project do not get confused. There > a specific domain name guidelines linked from the policy document - > see http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/domains.html > > There hasn't been any specific complaints. This is more of a friendly > nudge to ensure you fully read and understand the trademark policies > in order to minimise any chance of complaints. > > Ross > > > On 19 July 2012 11:51, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Ross, > > > > is the domain name itself an issue or does any of the content at the > > website violate trademark policies? > > The website is mine so I can remove any of the content. > > > > Thanks! > > Sebastian > > > > 2012/7/19 Ross Gardler <[email protected]> > > > >> The ASF has a defined trademark policy which all Top Level Projects > >> are expected to follow. It has recently been pointed out that some > >> uses of the OpenMeetings marks are not following these policies. Note, > >> nobody has actually complained about this but it would be nice to see > >> the PPMC better enforcing their policies. > >> > >> The trademark policy is at: http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ > >> > >> The site in question (but it may not be limited to this site) is > >> http://www.openmeetings.de/ > >> > >> Question regarding how to best comply with the policy can be addressed > >> to [email protected], although your mentors can help in the first > >> instance. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ross > >> > >> -- > >> Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > >> Programme Leader (Open Development) > >> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Sebastian Wagner > > https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock > > http://www.openmeetings.de > > http://www.webbase-design.de > > http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > > [email protected] > > > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > -- Sebastian Wagner https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock http://www.openmeetings.de http://www.webbase-design.de http://www.wagner-sebastian.com [email protected]
