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

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