On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Daniel Dekany <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Huh? It's software. There are no FreeMarker cars and FreeMarker > motorcycles and FreeMarker trucks ... FreeMarker is the product > itself. It's not like BMW, it's like BMW i3, where BMW is Apache in > our case. We use *that* as an adjective: Apache FreeMarker. > Well, actually both "Apache FreeMarker" and "FreeMarker" are trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation; and we apply them to the project and our product (the template engine). > The rewording is quote convoluted in our case (since the rest of the > sentence basically tells what a template engine is). But let's not > waste time with it, I say. I would wait and see if they actually pick > on this (I couldn't believe it...). I am sure that no one will complain about this little detail; as you have mentioned several other projects are doing something similar (including OFBiz!): there is still not much awareness about how to treat trademarks. This is just a small detail I have noticed but there is no need to take action now if this community likes the current definition. > > This one at least doesn't hurt (much), so let's do it, and thanks for > noticing. > > Cheers, Jacopo
