On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com> wrote: > On 19 July 2011 06:37, Peter Junge <peter.ju...@gmx.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm still getting requests now and again from persons who want to use the >> trademark OpenOffice.org for various reasons. In former times I have been >> pointing them to a web form that Oracle was providing. So, my questions are: >> - Is the OOo trademark already with Apache? > > I'm not sure if it has finally transferred I know the paperwork has > been flying around. Shane/Sam are either of you able to give an > update? > >> - If yes, I recall I have to forward them to tradema...@apache.org, right? > > It's the job of the (P)PMC to manage the trademark policy (see > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/) > > What this means is that the request should come to ooo-dev first. If > it is clearly within the policy then the (P)PMC can give permission. > If there is any doubt then it should be referred to trademarks@a.o > > Note trademarks@a.o will enforce the policy if there is a case of > misuse, so it is important that the (P)PMC is fully aware of the > policy when giving permission. > >> + Do requesters still have to use the web form? > > Requests should come here (or ooo-private if the company has need for > the request to be private). If you have a webform that has been used > in the past it would make sense to continue to use it, but the > requests need to be brought to the project community. >
Good information. I've added an item to the "Help Wanted" wiki page [1] to turn this into a defined PPMC process that we can describe on the website's Community FAQ's. [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Help+Wanted > Ross >
