+1 to all your points and proposals: thank you Sharan for the valuable initiative.
Jacopo On Jan 9, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Sharan-F <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I’m currently doing some work around the project branding and have found out > that the official project name that has been trademarked is Apache OFBiz and > OFBiz. > > The full list of Apache Trademarks can be found here > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/list/ > <http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/list/> > > Although originally OFBiz was just an abbreviation for "Open for Business" > now OFBiz is the only official name of our project. > > > The words “Open For Business” have not been Apache trademarked. I think this > may have been because there are a range of existing organisations that use > these words as part of their description and also "The Open For Business > Project" is quite a long name and Apache projects tend to prefer short word > names. > > So what does this mean? – Firstly I think we need to look at modifying our > official logo as this still includes the text "The Open For Business > Project". This logo is used in our website and also in all of our releases. > > Then we will also need to do a full review of our website and wiki to > replace any references to "Open for Business" with OFBiz. > > I also plan to do a review of OFBiz integrator / developer websites to > ensure that they include the correct attribution for Apache OFBiz and > associated trademarks. > > Thanks > Sharan > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Apache-OFBiz-Project-Trademarks-and-Branding-tp4661054.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
