OK. I have forwarded your proposal to trademarks@. -Alex
On 1/4/14 12:26 AM, "Joseph Balderson" <n...@joeflash.ca> wrote: >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 >>> >> >>
