+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
> 
> 
> 
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