On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > On 3/11/15 4:20 PM, Martijn Dashorst wrote: >> Great initiative! >> >> Just one question: I don't see anything related to the groovy name and >> possible trademark in the proposal. Does Pivotal have any claims to >> the name groovy, and if so are those claims transferred to the ASF? > > Good point. Just from the Apache *policy* side, the ASF must have > trademark rights to a podling's name before the board will approve a > graduation vote. With such a long history, we would need a clear > statement of some sort from whoever was previously hosting Groovy > software product releases, which would seem to be Pivotal. Or, the > podling would have to choose a new name that we did have rights to. 8-) > > If the PPMC requests it, we can then register the project's name as a > trademark in the US *after* graduation. > > If this podling joins the incubator, please coordinate some Groovy PPMC > and Pivotal contacts with trademarks@. Presuming Pivotal is willing > (and I can't imagine why they wouldn't be), trademarks@ can ensure the > right stuff gets done.
Great point! I'm on the hook to coordinate this. Stay tuned. Thanks, Roman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
