This should also be done for the logo as well... I don't know the provenance of it, but I am sure that the Groovy team does not want to abandon its logo.
> On Mar 17, 2015, at 4:55 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > > On 3/17/15 12:41 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: >> 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. >> >> Turns out it is not up to Pivotal. In fact, the statement I've just got goes >> like this: "Pivotal does not have, nor will it make, any claims to the GROOVY >> trademark" > > Can you ensure that whoever actually wrote that from the Pivotal side > communicates it to trademarks@, or at least to vp-brand@? If we do have > questions later, counsel will need to email someone directly about it. > >> >> Basically, Pivotal was happy to sponsor the project (just like it sponsors >> RabbitMQ or Redis) but wasn't involved in sorting out the situation around >> the Groovy project name and its legal status. >> >> Shane, please let me know if this bit of information is sufficient for you. >> It appears as though ASF will have to do the usual PODDLINGNAMESEARCH >> and determine the status of Groovy trademark on its own. >> >> I plan to start a [VOTE] thread sometime on Wed, unless you tell me >> otherwise. > > No need to gate a podling acceptance vote on branding issues. The only > hard requirement is before graduation. > > - Shane > >> >> Thanks, >> Roman. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
