On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, so we've been having a long discussion regarding trademarks as the > project transitions from fluo.io to fluo.apache.org on the incubator list ( > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/69a0c4befd56240ac642c4912e7497ea53720920a459e923f5cf7e91@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E). > Several issues arose, and Keith, Mike and I have been discussing what we > think is the best plan forward. > > What we think is best: > > 1. Create a branch in the incubator-fluo repo for the resources, and do an > Apache release of the checkstyle/formatter rules in that resources jar. > > 2. Update the parent POM to use that resources jar instead of the > previously released io.fluo one. > > 3. Donate fluo.io to the ASF to do what they wish with it. > > 4. Replace/Remove any links to fluo.io on the fluo.apache.org website. > > 5. Open a discussion on [email protected] to determine whether the > GitHub organization "fluo-io" should be renamed, and what would be an > acceptable name for a GitHub organization containing fluo-related 3rd party > projects. Also determine whether it is acceptable to use the trademark for > fluo-related extensions repository names (eg. "fluo-stress" and > "fluo-quickstart").
We also need to rework how we link to the projects in the projects markdown documentation[1]. [1]: https://github.com/apache/incubator-fluo > > 6. Complete the PODLINGNAMESEARCH, so all this effort to protect the "Fluo" > trademark isn't done in vain. > > > I'll go ahead and get started on item 1, because I think that should be > relatively easy to do.
