Hi Justin, Thanks for pointing these out.
We’ve already contacted the Apache Trademark team for guidance [1]. To ensure transparent tracking and resolution, we’ve created an issue in the Gluten repository covering the items you highlighted and related cases [2]. A couple of the cited issues have already been fixed in the past few days, and we’ll continue tracking and resolving the remaining ones to ensure full compliance. I hope this helps address and resolve your concern regarding third‑party branding. Best regards, Weiting [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/4bwxrr414fsc0176b69skor47vg9jg7x2 [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-gluten/issues/11438 On 2026/01/13 00:03:34 Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > Regarding third-party branding, this issue is still open. > > First, the IBM issue remains unresolved. The phrase “Gluten accelerated > Spark” still appears on several current IBM pages, such as [1], [2], [3]. > > Second, a quick review found several other third-party references with > similar issues, such as implied ownership or the use of “Gluten” as a product > or component name. These include:for example [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], > [10]. > > Some of these are recent, suggesting that the project has not yet > demonstrated effective monitoring and correction of third-party branding, as > is required. > > I think this needs to be addressed, or at least a plan put in place, before > graduation can proceed. Perhaps you should reach out to trademarks and see > what they suggest. > > Kind regards, > Justin > > [1] > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonxdata/aws?topic=engine-introduction-gluten-accelerated-spark > [2] > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonxdata/standard/2.2.x?topic=components-gluten-accelerated-spark-engine > [3] > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonxdata-azure?topic=engine-provisioning-gluten-accelerated-spark > [4] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/data-engineering/runtime > [5] > https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/analyticdb/analyticdb-for-mysql/user-guide/spark-confidential-engine-overview > [6] https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/601761 > [7] https://cn.kyligence.io/news/kyligence-gluten/ > [8] https://cloud.baidu.com/article/3322112 > [9] https://www.acceldata.io/blog/odp-apache-spark-with-gluten-velox > [10] > https://marketing.acceldatasolutions.net/odp-spark-with%20gluten-velox.pdf > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
