On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote:
> I honestly see no problem with that, again provided that the artifact can NOT > be confused with the one coming from Apache project. I think the "problem" lies in Trademarks. Debian's Tomcat7 is labeled "Servlet and JSP engine" and its Tomcat8 is labeled "Apache Tomcat 8 - Servlet and JSP engine", yet I don't see Apache Tomcat project creating/maintaining a Debian dist. Now, is Debian allowed to call it "Tomcat"? Is it allowed to call Tomcat8 to BE "Apache Tomcat8", when in fact(!) there are changes to the source, such as the start script in Debian Tomcat is not original of Apache Tomcat, but instead follows a Debian template for how those scripts should be written. I am not sure what all the changes are, feel free to check; http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-java/tomcat8.git/tree/debian/patches IF (like Mozilla) Apache decides to strike down on Debian and not allowing it to use the same names, _I_ think it is a disservice to the users (IceWeasel browser), but as it stands, Apache trademark licensing seems to not really be followed (Perhaps Debian has some permission that was granted long in the past... I may have missed that). Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java
