Thanks Roy, that fixed it. Cheers, Mayank
> On Apr 28, 2021, at 4:35 PM, 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 > > 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 >
