Do we really need it? no. Is it good for marketing? yes.
I would tend to +1 getting the logo. I know during the big Sun JavaEE days, that logo was a big deal to have. Jeff > On Jan 21, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Dennis Kieselhorst <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I think we should definitely setup jobs to ensure the TCKs pass but do we > really need the logo?! What do you think? > > Cheers > Dennis > > On 2019/01/21 10:46:37, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Apologies for the noise. >> >> The correct link for [3] is: >> >> https://jakarta.ee/legal/trademark_guidelines/ >> >> I've also corrected a handful of the project BCCs. >> >> Mark >> >> >> On 18/01/2019 22:53, Mark Thomas wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am writing to your dev@ lists (on BCC) as your project has, in the >>> past, requested access to the Java EE TCKs while they were controlled by >>> Sun and then Oracle. >>> >>> As I am sure you are aware, Java EE has moved to Eclipse and is now >>> Jakarta EE. The good news is that the TCKs have been open sourced. >>> >>> https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck >>> >>> (I haven't tried to build the latest TCK from source yet but it is on my >>> TODO list.) >>> >>> Shipping compatible implementations of the Jakarta EE specs (and being >>> able to make public statements to that effect) will be subject only to >>> the spec [1] and TCK [2] licenses. There will no longer be a TCK >>> agreement or NDA to sign. However... >>> >>> The question has arisen whether or not any ASF projects will want to use >>> the Jakarta EE compatible logo [3]. If a project wants to be able to do >>> this, there are some organisational hoops to jump through. Before the >>> ASF starts down that path the board has asked me to see if there are any >>> projects that want to use the Jakarta EE compatible logo. After all, >>> there is no point jumping through the hoops if no-one wants to use the logo. >>> >>> With the above in mind can you please discuss this amongst your project >>> community and reply back to [email protected] whether or not your >>> project is interested in being able to use the Jakarta EE compatible >>> logo. I ask that you complete this no later than the next board meeting >>> (20th February 2019). >>> >>> If you have any questions about any of the above, please also use >>> [email protected] to ask them. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> [1] https://www.eclipse.org/legal/efsl.php >>> [2] https://www.eclipse.org/legal/tck.php >>> [3] https://www.eclipse.org/legal/tck.php >>> >> >>
