On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 00:35, Roy T. Fielding <field...@gbiv.com> wrote: > > > 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.
Also there is a difference between trademarks and registered trademarks. Not all ASF marks are registered. > ....Roy >
