Hey Eli, On Aug 29, 2012, at 11:18 PM, Eli Collins wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) > <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >> Hey Eli, >> >> On Aug 29, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Eli Collins wrote: >> >>>>> [..snip..] >>>>> - The Hadoop trademark, assume this lives in the HDFS project if Common >>>>> does? >>>> >>>> Apache owns the Hadoop trademark, and the PMC helps to enforce it. Projects >>>> don't own trademarks. >>> >>> But which PMC does "the PMC" refer to though given that there is no >>> longer a Hadoop PMC? >> >> Probably the collective set of PMCs that are created, along with trademarks@, >> and along with other members of the Foundation. >> > > But what are we enforcing as the "Hadoop" trademark if there is no > longer a Hadoop product release? Well Hadoop as a trademark, registered by the ASF, will remain. It doesn't go away, whether there is an explicit Hadoop TLP or product that TLP releases or not. I'd imagine as a PMC member once on the Hadoop TLP before it went away, you could choose to enforce the Hadoop trademarks by working with trademarks@ in the same way that you currently do, or don't, or whatever. And "enforce" is a loose word, since everyone's idea of "enforce" with respect to Apache PMCs and trademarks and so forth somewhat differs. My 2c. Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
