Does it mean that majority of Spark related projects, including top Datatbricks (https://github.com/databricks?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=spark&type=&language=) or RStudio (sparklyr) contributions, violate the trademark?
Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On August 15, 2018 5:51 PM, Sean Owen <sro...@apache.org> wrote: > You might be interested in the full policy: > https://spark.apache.org/trademarks.html > > What it is trying to prevent is confusion. Is spark-xml from the Spark > project? Sounds like it but who knows ? What is a vendor releases ASFSpark > 3.0? Are people going to think this is an official real project release? > > You can release 'Foo for Apache Spark'. You can use shorthand like foo-spark > in software identifiers like Maven coordinates. > > Keeping trademark rights is essential in OSS and part of it is making an > effort to assert that right. > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 8:44 AM Koert Kuipers <ko...@tresata.com> wrote: > >> mhhh thats somewhat unfortunate? >> >> its helpful to me that something is called say spark-xml, it tells me its >> xml for spark! any other name would probably be less informative. >> >> or is this still allowed? >> >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Reynold Xin <r...@databricks.com> wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately that’s an Apache foundation policy and the Spark community >>> has no power to change it. My understanding: The reason Spark can’t be in >>> the name is because if it is used frequently enough, the foundation would >>> lose the Spark trademark. Cheers. >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM Simon Dirmeier <simon.dirme...@web.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> thanks for clearning that up. >>>> Imho this is somewhat unfortunate, because package names that contain >>>> "spark", somewhat promote and advertise Apache Spark, right? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Simon >>>> >>>> Am 15.08.18 um 14:00 schrieb Sean Owen: >>>> >>>>> You raise a great point, and we were just discussing this. The page is >>>>> old and contains many projects that were listed before the trademarks >>>>> we're being enforced. Some have renamed themselves. We will update the >>>>> page and remove stale or noncompliant projects and ask those that need to >>>>> change to do so. >>>>> >>>>> You are correct that the guidance you quote is current and should be >>>>> followed. >>>>> >>>>> Note there is an exception for software identifiers. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 6:13 AM Simon Dirmeier <simon.dirme...@web.de> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am currently developing two OSS extension packages for spark; one >>>>>> related to machine learning; one related to biological applications. >>>>>> According to the trademark guidelines >>>>>> (https://spark.apache.org/trademarks.html) I am not allowed to use >>>>>> Names derived from “Spark”, such as “sparkly”. >>>>>> My question is if that is really the case or how stringent these >>>>>> guidelines are, given that so many spark packages >>>>>> (https://spark.apache.org/third-party-projects.html) contain Spark as >>>>>> name already. I already contacted the official email for questions like >>>>>> these, but didn't hear back until now. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can anyone please shed light on this? >>>>>> Thanks in advance! >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Simon
