Perhaps we can get overview of legal issues and options here: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/services/
Best, Lloyd -----Original Message----- From: "Russell Brown" <russell.br...@mac.com> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 6:30pm To: "Dave King" <djk...@gmail.com> Cc: "Senthilkumar Peelikkampatti" <sendto...@gmail.com>, "riak-users" <riak-users@lists.basho.com> Subject: Re: Is Riak dead? On 14 Jul 2017, at 23:28, Dave King <djk...@gmail.com> wrote: > No, but I can read. I read it too. I’m not sure what your point is. A day may come when the name has to change? > > - Peace > Dave > > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Russell Brown <russell.br...@mac.com> wrote: > > On 14 Jul 2017, at 23:26, Dave King <djk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade > > names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, except > > as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of > > the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file. > > > > So At minimum I read that as there would need to be a new product name, and > > the docs for that product could say formerly known as Riak. > > You are lawyer? > > > > > - Peace > > Dave > > > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Russell Brown <russell.br...@mac.com> > > wrote: > > > > On 14 Jul 2017, at 23:17, Dave King <djk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Looks like Basho has the trademark on Riak. > > > http://www.trademarkia.com/riak-77954950.html > > > > They sure do. And if you look at the Apache2 license you’ll see that it > > grants use of the name to identify the source. > > > > Look, I’m not a lawyer, and I’m guessing you’re not a lawyer. What > > difference does the name or trademark make? There are a bunch of active > > users of Riak, some of whom have made it clear they plan to continue using > > it. Dance on Basho’s grave all you want, but Riak isn’t dead yet. > > > > > > > > - Peace > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Alexander Sicular <sicul...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:32, Russell Brown <russell.br...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > What do you mean “encumbered”? Riak is the name of an Apache2 licensed > > > > open source database, so it can continue to be used to describe that > > > > apache 2 licensed database, please don’t spread FUD. > > > > > > You willing to invest time in a project that could be legally encumbered > > > at some point in the future because lawyers? You willing to put that > > > beyond the clown fiesta that is Basho? I don't think so. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > riak-users mailing list > > > riak-users@lists.basho.com > > > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
