Currently I own the domain, but transferring it to NumFocus would be fine if they do that (which I can find out).
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Jim Garrison <j...@garrison.cc> wrote: > Here is a related question: Who will own and operate the julialang.org > domain? Would you be willing to transfer it to NumFocus or a similar > nonprofit, community entity? > > > On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 10:55:00 AM UTC-7, Brian Granger wrote: >> >> Congrats on Julia Computing stuff! We (IPython/Jupyter) are always >> thinking about various approaches to making open source sustainable and it >> is great to see explorations like this. I wish you the best of success!!! >> >> I wanted to share some thoughts and questions about trademark as it >> relates to open source projects. These thoughts have come out of many years >> of thinking about, and even enforcing, trademarks in the context of >> Jupyter/IPython. >> >> With IPython/Jupyter, the yet-to-be-filed trademarks (there is a bit of >> subtlety about the IPython trademark - that is another topic) will belong >> to our non-profit sponsor, NumFocus (we will transfer it to them). Along >> with that, we will be developing a trademark usage policy that clarifies to >> the community how our names and logos can be used. I am guessing that our >> policy will be similar to that of other open source projects like Python: >> >> https://www.python.org/psf/trademarks/ >> >> It is likely that we will have a trademark policy that allows generous >> usage of the names IPython/Jupyter by the open source community, but we >> would not allow companies to use the trademarks in ways that would confuse >> users. A company could say "our platform uses the open source Project >> Jupyter" but not "our company is called JupyterFoo." IANAL, but it is my >> understanding that the bar for trademark confusion is relatively low and >> that there is a real danger to not enforcing trademarks, so these issues >> are important to understand. >> >> I think you can see where this is going wrt Julia... >> >> * Who holds the trademarks on Julia? NumFocus, an individual or Julia >> Computing? >> * What is the trademark policy of that entity? If it doesn't exist, who >> will create it? >> * Is Julia Computing infringing upon the Julia trademark? Has the >> trademark owner given permission to Julia Compute to use the trademark? >> * By using the name "Julia" in the company and open source project, is >> the trademark owner creating a precedence of not enforcing the trademark? >> * Do you want *other* companies to be allowed to use "Julia" trademarks >> in their name? >> >> I want to be clear - I am all for commercialization efforts around open >> source and am very excited about where Julia is headed. I also don't have >> any ideas about what the answers to these questions should be for your >> community. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Brian >> >> >> On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 1:20:15 PM UTC-7, Viral Shah wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> You may have seen today’s Hacker News story about Julia Computing: >>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9516298 >>> >>> As you all know, we are committed to Julia being high quality and open >>> source. >>> >>> The existence of Julia Computing was discussed a year ago at JuliaCon >>> 2014, though we recognize that not everyone is aware. We set up Julia >>> Computing to assist those who asked for help building Julia applications >>> and deploying Julia in production. We want Julia to be widely adopted by >>> the open source community, for research in academia, and for production >>> software in companies. Julia Computing provides support, consulting, and >>> training for customers, in order to help them build and deploy Julia >>> applications. >>> >>> We are committed to all the three organizations that focus on different >>> users and use cases of Julia: >>> >>> 1. The open source Julia project is housed at the NumFocus Foundation. >>> http://numfocus.org/projects/ >>> >>> 2. Research on various aspects of Julia is anchored in Alan’s group at >>> MIT. http://www-math.mit.edu/~edelman/research.php >>> >>> 3. Julia Computing works with customers who are building Julia >>> applications. http://www.juliacomputing.com/ >>> >>> Our customers make Julia Computing self-funded. We are grateful that >>> they have created full time opportunities for us to follow our passions. >>> Open source development will never cease. >>> >>> You may have questions. Please shoot them here. We will respond back >>> with a detailed blog post. >>> >>> -viral >>> >>>
