On 05/03/2019 14:09, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 7:27 AM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: >> ...An Apache project can be retired to the Attic. [1] After this development >> could possibly occur elsewhere, >> but there may be naming and trademark issues to consider.... > > That's what happened in 2010 to http://ibatis.apache.org/ which was > forked to mybatis.org - note the name change, required as the IBatis > trademark belonged to the ASF. > > Nobody can prevent someone from forking an Apache project elsewhere, > but the trademarks of TLPs belong to the ASF, so that we can keep the > project alive if someone else wants to work on it. > > In the case of IBatis, the Apache project moved to the Attic about the > same time, http://attic.apache.org/projects/ibatis.html - but Attic > projects can be restarted, so in general it makes sense for us to keep > the name.
Generally, yes. But. There is the option to allow the community to continue to use the trademark (obviously without the preceding "Apache"). Each request gets looked at on a case by case basis. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
