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Shane Curcuru commented on PODLINGNAMESEARCH-1:
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Benson asked a policy question which might require thought on trademarks@. My
unofficial thought is: Apache projects must choose names that are not likely to
be infringing on other existing marks, when taking into account that we always
use a primary branding of Apache Foo, and the fact that we are a non-profit
that provides software for the public good.
So from a policy perspective, I'm thinking the ASF will insist that it's
projects not choose names that would infringe on other organization's names (or
other Apache projects). Defensibility is something that we need to ensure we
inform the project about, but the final decision for choosing the name is up to
the project.
If the Apache Rat podling is scurrying hard to keep the name, they should
choose it. If they want something that will ensure only they can eat their
unique cheese, they should consider a more unique name. But it's up to the
podling to choose.
> Establish whether "Apache Rat" is a suitable name
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> Key: PODLINGNAMESEARCH-1
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-1
> Project: Podling Suitable Names Search
> Issue Type: Suitable Name Search
> Reporter: Robert Burrell Donkin
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> The Rat podling brought together aRat and the Rat plugin tooling aRat for
> maven. It now is a suite of small products including rat, whisker, tentacles
> and eye which perform various functions to assist auditing, comprehending and
> verifying releases. This podling hopes to graduate as a top level project
> once a suitable top level project name is found.
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