You might be interested in the full policy: https://spark.apache.org/trademarks.html
What it is trying to prevent is confusion. Is spark-xml from the Spark project? Sounds like it but who knows ? What is a vendor releases ASFSpark 3.0? Are people going to think this is an official real project release? You can release 'Foo for Apache Spark'. You can use shorthand like foo-spark in software identifiers like Maven coordinates. Keeping trademark rights is essential in OSS and part of it is making an effort to assert that right. On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 8:44 AM Koert Kuipers <ko...@tresata.com> wrote: > mhhh thats somewhat unfortunate? > > its helpful to me that something is called say spark-xml, it tells me its > xml for spark! any other name would probably be less informative. > > or is this still allowed? > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Reynold Xin <r...@databricks.com> wrote: > >> Unfortunately that’s an Apache foundation policy and the Spark community >> has no power to change it. My understanding: The reason Spark can’t be in >> the name is because if it is used frequently enough, the foundation would >> lose the Spark trademark. Cheers. >> >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM Simon Dirmeier <simon.dirme...@web.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> thanks for clearning that up. >>> Imho this is somewhat unfortunate, because package names that contain >>> "spark", somewhat promote and advertise Apache Spark, right? >>> >>> Best, >>> Simon >>> >>> Am 15.08.18 um 14:00 schrieb Sean Owen: >>> >>> You raise a great point, and we were just discussing this. The page is >>> old and contains many projects that were listed before the trademarks we're >>> being enforced. Some have renamed themselves. We will update the page and >>> remove stale or noncompliant projects and ask those that need to change to >>> do so. >>> >>> You are correct that the guidance you quote is current and should be >>> followed. >>> >>> Note there is an exception for software identifiers. >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 6:13 AM Simon Dirmeier <simon.dirme...@web.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I am currently developing two OSS extension packages for spark; one >>>> related to machine learning; one related to biological applications. >>>> According to the trademark guidelines ( >>>> https://spark.apache.org/trademarks.html) I am not allowed to use >>>> *Names derived from “Spark”, such as “sparkly”. * >>>> My question is if that is really the case or how stringent these >>>> guidelines are, given that so many spark packages ( >>>> https://spark.apache.org/third-party-projects.html) contain Spark as >>>> name already. I already contacted the official email for questions like >>>> these, but didn't hear back until now. >>>> >>>> Can anyone please shed light on this? >>>> Thanks in advance! >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Simon >>>> >>> >>> >
