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 [email protected], mobile: 512-431-5002
