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> On Aug 4, 2020, at 8:01 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> 1. Change all MXNet to Apache MXNet (incubating) from documentation where
>> it necessary
>> 2. Change maven package description ” MXNet Engine Adapter for DJL” to
>> "Deep Java Library (DJL) Engine Adapter for Apache MXNet" for clarification
>
> Thanks for doing that. ASF generally prefers “powdered by” so I would double
> check with trademarks (trademarks@a.o) if this is acceptable use. [1]
That’s “Powered by”, but “for” can also be acceptable. Agreed that trademark@
is the place for the PPMC to ask.
Regards,
Dave
>
>> For [3], this package contains no source code from Apache MXNet and only
>> contains the binary that built from source through the Apache MXNet source
>> code without modification. It also brought necessary License and binary
>> attribution from Apache MXNet.
>
> I still have some concerns here’s for instance is a page [2] that says:
> • The binaries are built from source from Apache MXNet without
> modification.
> • The binaries are obtained from the Apache MXNet python pip wheel.
>
> The issue here is those pip “releases" contain unreleased versions of Apache
> MxNet [2] and probably should not have been released by the MXNet project and
> shouldn’t be used by the general public. [4] ("must not be distributed
> through channels which encourage use by anyone outside the project
> development community”)
>
> There is currently a draft policy on downstream distribution [5] but I don’t
> think it covers this situation. Now I would agree that the ALv2 allow you to
> use Apache MXNet code, even if it is unreleased, but I’m not sure if you can
> say the the resulting product is “for MXNet". That may be need a discussion
> on the legal@a.o or trademarks@a.o lists.
>
> And to be clear this is not really a DJL issue at this point, it's more an
> issue for the PPMC of MXNet to sort out.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
> 1. https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq/#products
> 2. https://djl.ai/mxnet/native/
> 3. https://pypi.org/project/mxnet/#history
> 4. https://infra.apache.org/release-distribution#unreleased
> 5. http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/downstream.html
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