I think we have to recognize needs of the existing ecosystem before we go blindly applying our newly-minted trademark policy. We've become rather keen on protecting our marks from encroachment from commercial endeavors, and that will certainly carry over to OOo.
----- Original Message ---- > From: Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 10:04:17 AM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal > > On Jun 6, 2011 2:58 PM, "Joe Schaefer" <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Because Apache will own the brand, we can make access to the brand > > contingent on things like non-abuse of our OOo forums, among other > > things. > > > > Carrots and sticks. > > Is Apache historically flexible in this area? I had the impression the > trademark policy was usually strictly applied and narrowly interpreted. > > S. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
