I was skimming https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ and I see
several things that might have impact in the future.
First, there is the *What is the "confusing similarity" or "likelihood
of confusion" test? *Certainly the versions of NuttX destributed in
the Motorola MDK and Google Ara under the name NuttX are not the same
as the same NuttX that you would get from Apache. I think that fails
the "confusing similarity" test.
What about PX4? Doesn't PX4 carry modifications to the OS at
github.com/PX4/NuttX? If so, you will probably need to change the
name to PX4OS or something like that in the future.
There are similar issues for nuttx.org and nuttx.events under *Using
Apache Trademarks in domain names* at the same reference. There could
also be a conflict with NuttX2020 and paragraph *Using Apache
Trademarks in relation to conferences and events*
I think we don't have to be concerned about these things until we
graduate. But Apache is going to take a stronger position than I
have. My test has always been the good guy/bad guy test: If you are
a "good guy" doing "good things" then I let people do most whatever
they want with the name, short of creating their own OS fork and
calling it NuttX.
Greg
Project Ara is here: https://github.com/projectara/nuttx (defunct)
Motoroloa MDK is here: https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLLC/nuttx (not
recently updated)
PX4 is here: https://github.com/PX4/nuttx
A few of many others: https://github.com/micro-ROS/NuttX,
https://github.com/ros2/ros2_embedded_nuttx, https://github/NuttX, ...
There are numerous repositories called NuttX from individuals.
