I'm not dancing on anyone's grave. Im a big fan of Riak, you know? I'm just pointing out that there is in fact a grave and if there is any hope for a Riak future the project will have to rebrand.
I'm sorry, but no company in their right mind would seriously consider using Riak today if they weren't already using Riak. That's today, the story may change tomorrow. > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Russell Brown <russell.br...@mac.com> wrote: > >> On 14 Jul 2017, at 23:36, Dave King <djk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You asked what difference the tm made. The tm invokes clause 6. So yes it >> means moving forward means a new name. That's one of the things to be >> considered. > > Agree, so if we’re sticking to the subject, “Is Riak dead?” the worst case > is: “No, but potentially the name could be some time in the future”, right? > > I asked rhetorically what difference the TM made. I’ve also read the license, > and taken legal advice. This was not in any way a surprise. > >> >> - Peace >> Dave >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Russell Brown <russell.br...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> 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
