I made this mistake too. Could I make some suggestions? Add the banned naming to the top of plugin guides, such as: http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html
Change this page to only have the single prefix-maven-plugin example: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-plugin-prefix-mapping.html I scan read and thought they were just two options. Use big/bold/red font. "You must not name your plugin maven-foo-plugin as these are reserved by trademark for the Apache Maven project itself" Sonatype's Maven Central upload should have a rule to prevent any new jar being pushed with the maven-*-plugin name (unless its an update to an existing version or within org.apache.maven group). I'd note that now I have a plugin in Maven Central with the wrong name I can't remove it, so getting this wrong is a right pain in the *** and messes lots of things up. Stephen On 12 June 2013 07:59, James Green <james.mk.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Many thanks for filing this - I do assure you that I was not under the > impression the GitHub plugin was official or even endorsed but I agree that > the trademark requires work to enforce. And I just love their response in > your ticket - made me laugh and cringe..! > > James > > > On 11 June 2013 22:44, Stephen Connolly > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On 11 June 2013 22:27, Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > On 11 June 2013 22:03, James Green <james.mk.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> If you search for maven-download-plugin you should reach a project on >> >> GitHub. >> > >> > >> > Please advise them to rename their plugin as the current name is in >> > violation of the permitted usages of the ASF's trademark Maven: >> > >> http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.maven.dev#query:list%3Aorg.apache.maven.dev+page:1+mid:cmqxvj6ddshmnzwr+state:results >> > >> > And further the name confuses users as to who is responsible for the >> > plugin. >> > >> >> Filed: >> >> https://github.com/maven-download-plugin/maven-download-plugin/issues/14 >> >> I so hate having to do this... the "joys" of having to defend a trademark! >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
