i see 0 issue with simply renaming the project, its still the same software under the hood...... it cant be that hard to create an open source fork under a different name and carry forward
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 6:43 PM, <ll...@writersglen.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
