Yes, Apache is clear that they prefer uses like "powered by" (or similar) 
as outlined here:
https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/

specifically:
https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq/#poweredby

In my experience, they get very agitated when Apache project names are 
used outside of Apache owned contexts.

-Matt

On 2019/03/06 08:33:16, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> wrote: 
> I don’t see anything wrong, and it looks like fair use of “Powered by 
...”> 
> 
> I found a similar thing on Digital Ocean market place [1] 😉 using 
the> 
> “Power by Apache OpenWhisk” but they don’t use the https url to the 
Apache> 
> openwhisk website.> 
> 
> [1]> 
> https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/nimbella-lite> 
> 
> — Carlos> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 11:23 AM Rodric Rabbah <[email protected]> wrote:> 
> 
> > Recently, an opportunity arose to provide a *virtual machine image* as 
a> 
> > one click deployment of OpenWhisk to appear in the market place for a 
cloud> 
> > provider. I reviewed the trademark details (> 
> > https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq) and concluded that the 
name> 
> > of> 
> > the image can at best refer to OpenWhisk using the “Powered by” 
approach…> 
> > which was too long for the formatting, so I opted for a different 
naming> 
> > approach (that omits Apache OpenWhisk entirely in the name) and used> 
> > the *Powered> 
> > by* language in the detailed description (with links to our project 
page).> 
> >> 
> > I created the following issue> 
> > https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/issues/4324 with more> 
> > details> 
> > and to solicit additional feedback that can help promote 
Apache/OpenWhisk,> 
> > and also document the text as a example for future use by others.> 
> >> 
> > I will close the issue by lazy consensus after 72 hours.> 
> >> 
> > -r> 
> >> 
> -- > 
> Carlos Santana> 
> <[email protected]>> 
> 
Kind regards,
Matt Rutkowski

STSM, Master Inventor, IBM Open Cloud Technologies and Standards
CTO, Serverless Computing Technology, IBM Cloud
Apache OpenWhisk Incubator Project Lead / Committer
Co-Chair, Lead Editor OASIS TOSCA Simple Profile WG,
Founder, Editor, DMTF Cloud Audit (CADF) Standard
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