On Sat, 13 Sept 2025 at 12:14, Elliotte Rusty Harold <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 12 Sept 2025 at 18:14, Elliotte Rusty Harold <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sometime earlier this year, the trademark attribution sentences were > > > > dropped from the footer of generated component site pages. AFAIK, > > > > these are required, and must be present. > > Looking at the PR, this does seem to be a general bug. That in this > case it drops the trademarks is simply a side effect= so it should be > fixed > > > > What exactly is missing? > > > > Have a look at https://commons.apache.org/ and compare it with > > https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli/ > > > > > IANAL but I have a pretty strong suspicion > > > these are meaningly cargo cult legalese that is in no way required, > > > and we'd be better off without it. > > > > For rationale, see: > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs#attributions > > Got it. Yes, that is the rule and it's also meaningless legalese. This > is Apache policy, and it's a pointless one.
IANAL either, but AIUI, failure to claim trademarks can make it harder to object when they are misused by others. There may be other reasons why this rule is in place. But again, IANAL. > -- > Elliotte Rusty Harold > [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
