Okie doke! (I just assumed there was an issue since the policy was brought up.)
On Mon Dec 22 2014 at 8:33:53 PM Patrick Wendell <pwend...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Nick, > > I think Hitesh was just trying to be helpful and point out the policy > - not necessarily saying there was an issue. We've taken a close look > at this and I think we're in good shape her vis-a-vis this policy. > > - Patrick > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Nicholas Chammas > <nicholas.cham...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hitesh, > > > > From your link: > > > > You may not use ASF trademarks such as "Apache" or "ApacheFoo" or "Foo" > in > > your own domain names if that use would be likely to confuse a relevant > > consumer about the source of software or services provided through your > > website, without written approval of the VP, Apache Brand Management or > > designee. > > > > The title on the packages website is "A community index of packages for > > Apache Spark." Furthermore, the footnote of the website reads "Spark > > Packages is a community site hosting modules that are not part of Apache > > Spark." > > > > I think there's nothing on there that would "confuse a relevant consumer > > about the source of software". It's pretty clear that the Spark Packages > > name is well within the ASF's guidelines. > > > > Have I misunderstood the ASF's policy? > > > > Nick > > > > > > On Mon Dec 22 2014 at 6:40:10 PM Hitesh Shah <hit...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hello Xiangrui, > >> > >> If you have not already done so, you should look at > >> http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/#domains for the policy on use > of ASF > >> trademarked terms in domain names. > >> > >> thanks > >> -- Hitesh > >> > >> On Dec 22, 2014, at 12:37 PM, Xiangrui Meng <men...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Dear Spark users and developers, > >> > > >> > I'm happy to announce Spark Packages (http://spark-packages.org), a > >> > community package index to track the growing number of open source > >> > packages and libraries that work with Apache Spark. Spark Packages > >> > makes it easy for users to find, discuss, rate, and install packages > >> > for any version of Spark, and makes it easy for developers to > >> > contribute packages. > >> > > >> > Spark Packages will feature integrations with various data sources, > >> > management tools, higher level domain-specific libraries, machine > >> > learning algorithms, code samples, and other Spark content. Thanks to > >> > the package authors, the initial listing of packages includes > >> > scientific computing libraries, a job execution server, a connector > >> > for importing Avro data, tools for launching Spark on Google Compute > >> > Engine, and many others. > >> > > >> > I'd like to invite you to contribute and use Spark Packages and > >> > provide feedback! As a disclaimer: Spark Packages is a community index > >> > maintained by Databricks and (by design) will include packages outside > >> > of the ASF Spark project. We are excited to help showcase and support > >> > all of the great work going on in the broader Spark community! > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > Xiangrui > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@spark.apache.org > >> > > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org > >> > > >
