potiuk commented on issue #42998: URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/42998#issuecomment-2412667368
Andd just to comment - any kind of revenue sharing/etc. opportunities are not possible. This is a vendor-neutral PMC of the Apache Software Foundation and since ASF is a registerd 501 c3 charity in Delaware (https://apache.org/foundation/) that has the motto of "Releasing Software for Public Good", the Airflow PMC cannot endorse or promote any vendors on the software the ASF releases. This is why Ecosystem page has a clear disclaimer that those are unverified, public links that are neither endorsed nor affiliated with Airflow PMC. And one - even more important thing - as a PMC member of the Apache Airlfow, my responsibility is to notice and follow up on branding issues when Airlfow registered trademark is used by 3rd parties. Your website is violating branding rules and you MUST fix it, otherwise we will involve Apache Software Foundation trademarks team to follow up with you - you should fix it promptly. Airflow (R) is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation and if you want to refer or use the trademark you need to follow the ASF Branding policy. The policy is here https://apache.org/foundation/marks/ and you and your lawyers should read it in detail and you should follow all the detailed guidelines if you want to use "Airflow" trademark. Example things that are wrong here https://elest.io/open-source/airflow * The wording suggest that Airlfow is "by Elastio" this is huge misuse, Airlfow is an Apache project and suggesting that other entity owns it "which this statement does" is strictly forbidden and ASF trademark team is very strict about following and enforcing it (And the fact that Airflow is a registered trademark in US makes it very, very enforceable). You should refer to "Apache Airflow" in the first prominent place as "Apache Airlfow (R)" and name of your offering should be a "nominative use" - for example Manager Workflows for Apache Airlfow" (MWAA) is a good name from Amazon because "for Apache Airflow" is a nominative use. "Airlfow by Elastio" is definitely not. * There are a number of other branding rules (again link here https://apache.org/foundation/marks/) - and you (and your lawyers) have to read it in detail and you have to apply all the rules explained there to your website. Also you have other ASF projects in your managed application list (I did not check all but for example I saw Superset) - and you have exactly the same issues - so you should implement the changes for all ASF projects you manage. Please do it promptly and let us know when done, to avoid unnecessary escalation and lawyer involvement. I will let the trademark team in the ASF know that we noticed the issue and get you some time to react but I want you to know that the ASF treats such violation of their trademarks very, very seriously, so my advice is to quickly comply with those requirements. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
