My only concern is that, in the absence of the details contained in my formal request as outlined below, the initial contact to Apache trademarks regarding this issue might not constitute "putting our best foot forward" in having this use case approved. And since I do not know the content of your initial communication to them on my behalf, I cannot say one way or another. It would ease my mind to know that Apache were aware of the contents of my proposal before reaching a verdict, which is why I wonder if waiting to send them this information would be the wisest course of action.
Thanks very much for your help, Joseph _______________________________________________________________________ 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 >> > >
