Alex, you mentioned that you've already been in contact with Apache trademarks about this issue, so if could please tell them that yes, I have read the trademark policy, and please pass along my proposal as stated, that would be appreciated. Unless there is some conflict of interest I am not aware of in your passing this along?... it just seems that it only makes sense given you've already been speaking to them on my behalf.
Thanks, _______________________________________________________________________ Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: http://joeflash.ca Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book Alex Harui wrote: > Joe, > > If it were me, I'd wait until Tuesday to contact trademarks@a.o. I've > already asked trademarks for their guidance on this matter and they > haven't responded yet. I did see trademarks answer another email, but > they may not be fully engaged and caught up on everything until Monday. > > I would suggest tweaking it a bit to make it clear you've read the domain > name policy documents on the Apache site, otherwise the first response you > get might just be a pointer to those documents. It is pretty clear to me > from those documents that you will have to have a disclaimer on your site. > IMO, asking "if desired" implies that you haven't read those documents. > > -Alex > > On 1/3/14 7:17 PM, "Joseph Balderson" <n...@joeflash.ca> wrote: > >> FYI, here is my official request proposal to Apache. Alex, if you would >> be so >> kind as to forward this on to the folks at Apache that would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> January 3, 2014 >> >> To Who It May Concern, >> >> My name is Joseph Balderson, and I am a professional ActionScript 3.0 >> developer >> of 13 years, and a specialist Flex developer for 8 years now as of >> January 2014. >> I have been, in my professional life as an ActionScript developer, an >> Adobe-certified Trainer, a teacher of Flash programming at Humber College >> in >> Toronto, a speaker at user groups, and a professional tech writer. I have >> tech >> edited a number of books by Peachpit, Friends of Ed and O'Reilly, and in >> 2009 I >> lead a 6-person team to write a 1400-page book Professional Adobe Flex 3 >> by Wrox >> Publishing, rated 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon. >> >> With the migration of the Flex framework from Adobe to Apache, good >> internet >> resources for Flex have fallen through the cracks, namely Tour De Flex and >> flexexamples.com, both of which have functioned as essential >> micro-tutorial >> resources for the beginner, a quick reference for the more experienced >> programmer, and visibility on its use to managers and stakeholders. These >> two >> resources have yet to be migrated/updated to Apache Flex. >> >> Thus, seeing a need in the programming community, and wanting to help >> restore >> and promote the adoption of Flex for its own sake, I have purchased the >> domain >> apacheflexexamples.com, with the intention of turning it into a >> micro-tutorial >> site with the same purpose and intent of the former flexexamples.com. (An >> archive of the site as it existed prior to Flex's migration from Adobe to >> Apache >> in 2012 can be seen here: >> https://web.archive.org/web/20111010030748/http://blog.flexexamples.com/ >> ). >> >> To be specific, the purpose and features of apacheflexexamples.com will >> include: >> >> 1) provide blog-like micro-tutorials; >> 2) will be administrated and authored by myself, Joseph Balderson >> 3) tutorials will be short, on average "single page", thus no code >> repository or >> downloads of any kind will be necessary; >> 4) where possible the most recent version of Apache Flex will be used and >> indicated; >> 5) an average of one post per business day will be issued on the site; >> 6) commenting will be disabled, and users will be encouraged to discuss >> the >> tutorials on the official us...@flex.apache.org list; >> 7) an email address will be set up where users can contact the >> administrator >> (me) for the specific purpose of pointing out typos or problems specific >> to the >> examples which are non-specific to Flex framework errata issues; >> 8) a resource/"blogroll" list of resource links will be situated in a >> prominent >> location in the left or right column so as to help users refer to official >> Apache Flex resources; >> 9) if desired, to avoid confusion with official Apache websites, a >> disclaimer >> similar to what is currently used in book titles and other publications >> will be >> indicated at the top of every page, "Apache, Apache Flex, and Flex are >> trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. Used with permission. No >> endorsement by The Apache Software Foundation is implied by the use of >> these marks." >> 10) no personal promotions (other than an author credit on my part), nor >> any >> product reviews, endorsements or sales of any kind will be permitted on >> the >> site: it is strictly for micro-tutorials pertaining to the Apache Flex >> framework. (See the flexexamples.com archive as an example) >> >> In addition, if there comes a time when I am no longer willing or able to >> administer the site or keep up a reasonable posting frequency, I will >> commit in >> writing to donating the domain and the site administration to the Apache >> Flex group. >> >> The aim is to have a few dozen examples blogged and ready to go prior to >> launch >> sometime in February of 2014. A private beta will be issued, to be >> reviewed by >> the Apache Flex development team (and the legal department at Apache if >> such is >> desired) to ensure everyone concerned is satisfied with the end result >> prior to >> launch. Once the site is launched, posting frequency will be as indicated >> above. >> >> All this to say that I am very vested and interested in conserving the >> quality >> and integrity of the Apache Flex name. And in order to help increase >> positive >> adoption of Apache Flex usage, I have purchased this domain with the >> intent of >> continuing on the work of the esteemed former Adobe employee Peter DeHaan >> at >> flexexamples.com with a new site. In the spirit of this intent, I humbly >> request >> your permission to use the Apache trademark in the domain name >> apacheflexexamples.com. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Joseph Balderson >> Flex Developer & Tech Writer >> http://www.joeflash.ca >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeflash >> http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book >> > >
