> On Apr 28, 2021, at 3:59 PM, Mayank Shrivastava <maya...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hello, > Our website for Apache Pinot project <https://pinot.apache.org/> is not > passing the Trademarks check. As per the instructions we tried several > variations of the trademark texts from projects that have this test passing > (including the one state in the ASF website), however, we are unable to get > this test to be green. > > Current text: "Copyright © 2021 Apache Pinot, Pinot, Apache, the Apache > feather logo, and the Apache Pinot project logo are registered trademarks > of The Apache Software Foundation." > > Check status: https://whimsy.apache.org/pods/project/pinot > > Could we please request some suggestions on fixing this check? > > Thanks, > Mayank
Hi Mayank, That isn't a valid copyright notice because its form has to match the law. Copyright © 2021 The Apache Software Foundation or just © 2021 The Apache Software Foundation assuming that "The Apache Software Foundation" is the legal entity that owns the copyright. Nothing else can be included in that line. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/401 <https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/401> In many cases, we don't own the copyright and should not include a notice. The information about trademarks is not relevant to copyright. You should put that somewhere else, if desired, such as the bottom of the page. The trademarks check is probably being run after the copyright line has been excluded. ....Roy
