On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 19:06, Bob Dionne <[email protected]> wrote: > Randall and Noah, > > I disagree. I don't think, given the way events have unfolded, that anyone > has been disingenuous. The two blog posts from Cloudant and Couchbase, > clarifying their commitments to the CouchDB project in the aftermath of > Damien's departure, explain their positions nicely.
Thanks for pointing this out. I took a good look back through that blog post. I also found, after some searching, this page: http://www.couchbase.com/couchbase-single-server. I guess we'll see whether Couchbase Server 2.0 incorporates any CouchDB code, but it seems that no current product offering has any real relationship to CouchDB and it's this that I perceived as misrepresentation and which caused renewed concern from me. Premature worry, perhaps. I, for one, hope they deliver a Mobile SyncPoint with CouchDB sync. > I don't care to hear from Couchbase marketing. It's inappropriate to publicly > state one's intentions to seek legal advice on infringement matters, > especially while in the same thread demanding that the other party respond. > It's deliberately inflammatory, and foolish. More importantly it will not > further anyone's interests, including those of this project. I stand by my position that there is no better venue for a community project to discuss these matters. If I'm inflammatory then it's not on purpose. My call for marketing input was to get both parties to help one another. That's why I want to know how to contact them. It is not related to my own interest in knowing how the issue of trademark appears to ASF legal. I should have more cleanly separated my requests. ** In no way was my request to hear from the Couchbase marketing team meant to state or imply a threat of legal action, but merely a request for participation in more clearly distinguishing our offerings. ** > > I apologize if I sound harsh. No offense intended. None taken, of course. It's really hard to discuss these matters and even harder to do so over the Internet. Not to mention the quantity of personal relationships involved. I still believe it's imprudent *not* to seek advice from legal even if it's for nothing more than our own edification. -Randall
