Matthias We did the original check on Synapse when we started the project. nameprotect.com seems quite different since then and I couldn't simply find the same page that I used last year, but there is an online trademark search here: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=b3bfcn.1.1
Paul On 7/7/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Paul- I just looked at your page [1] and saw a "DONE" before the task <task> If applicable, make sure that any associated name does not already exist and check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not already trademarked for an existing software product. </task> I'd like to do the same for the "adffaces" incubation, which has voted a new name (Apache Trinidad) Thanks, Matthias [1] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/synapse.html On 7/6/06, Garrett Rooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/6/06, Carl Trieloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am spending many hours working through Apache processes so do you mind > > if I ask a few questions: > > > > For the graduation, > > > > a.) what are the demographics of the commiters added to the project > > in the community building and how/is this considered in graduation? > > b.) if there are committers on the project that have binding votes are > > these considered > > differently to binding votes external to the project, as I would expect > > the project votes would > > always +1 / how many binding votes are needed to graduate? > > I think you may be a bit too concerned about the rules, which results > in slightly missing the point. > > A project graduates from the incubator when the incubator PMC comes to > a consensus that the project has resolved any existing legal issues, > has built a sustainable community around itself, and is operating in a > way that is consistent with how successful ASF projects operate. You > should be asking the question "what do we have to do to convince the > Incubator PMC that we have done these things", not "how many people do > we have to get to vote +1 on letting us graduate". > > In most ASF projects, it is exceptionally rare to get to the point > where you're actually counting votes. When something is contentious > enough to require that, it's a bad sign. > > Just my opinion, not speaking on behalf of the Incubator PMC, etc. > > -garrett > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Matthias Wessendorf futher stuff: blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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