Yeah, I believe it should be ok since we do not actually package any code bits from TPC-H.
I think giving trademark nudge to TPC-H in our NOTICE file should be good. - Henry On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> wrote: > I've send a message to admin-i...@tpc.org and never got an answer. (on > http://www.tpc.org/trademarks/ they list ad...@tpc.org as the right > address, but sending a message to admin@ redirects to admin-info@.) > > My code doesn't contain any TPC data or code. Its a Java re-implementation > of the C data generator. The only thing it does is using the name "TPC". It > also tries to generate the same data as the official generator, but we > don't claim that. > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Robert, >> >> Just curious if you did try to send email to tpc.org to ask about fair >> usage of example data? >> >> >> - Henry >> >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> > I tried twice writing them but I didn't receive an answer. >> > But given that Apache Calcite is also using airlift/tpch in its >> > dependencies as well, I would like to add the TPC-H data generator to >> > "flink-contrib". >> > I would also add a note that TPC is a registered trademark and that our >> > generator is not the official generator and may not be used to generate >> > test data for performance measurement publications. >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> >> I wrote them some time ago (like 12+ months) about the question whether >> we >> >> can include TPCH sample data for our programs. They replied they were >> just >> >> revising their license to allow that. >> >> >> >> Should be possible now. Good idea to ping them again to make sure that >> it >> >> is approved now and that it holds for code as well... >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Okay, thank you. I'll write a mail to tpc.org and ask which rules we >> >> have >> >> > to respect. >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > +1 for reaching out to the TPC. >> >> > > >> >> > > It might also be that it is OK to add the code but not under the >> name >> >> > > TPC-H. >> >> > > >> >> > > 2015-02-11 13:55 GMT+01:00 Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org>: >> >> > > >> >> > > > Nice, this is a great tool. :) >> >> > > > >> >> > > > On 09 Feb 2015, at 17:05, Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> > > > >> >> > > > > However, the website is not really helpful: >> >> > > > http://www.tpc.org/trademarks/ >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > As one data point, the Apache Calcite (incubating) project also >> >> > depends >> >> > > > on >> >> > > > > the mentioned airlift/tpch repository: >> >> > > > > >> >> > > >> >> >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/blob/master/plus/pom.xml#L57 >> >> > > > > and >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/blob/master/plus/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/adapter/tpch/TpchSchema.java#L33 >> >> > > > > . >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > How about adding a line to the NOTICE files acknowledging that >> TPC >> >> > is a >> >> > > > > registered trademark of the transaction processing council? >> >> > > > >> >> > > > I find it reasonable to add it to the NOTICE files as an >> >> > acknowledgement. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > The trademark website says "For additional details please contact >> >> > > > ad...@tpc.org." If we want to be on the safe side, we could >> write an >> >> > > > email and confirm. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > Any further opinions on this? >> >> > > > >> >> > > > – Ufuk >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> >>
