On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Kazunari Hirano <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Rob and all, > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > And that is fine. A trademark is for a particular category of > > product. The Japanese trademark is not for personal productivity > > applications. It is possible for the same name to be used in > > different trademarks, if they are used for different things and they > > would not cause confusion. > > I see. Thanks. > > Now who will confuse "Apache OpenOffice" with "OpenOffice.org"? > > We will continue to show OpenOffice.org on the web site(s); the product(s), etc. that are derived from the original contribution according to Apache Software Foundation Trademark policy. Now that we have a decision by majority ballot for 'Apache OpenOffice', the PPMC needs to follow the recommendations as defined the ASF here.[1] Look for a new topic on 'next steps' for this topic. It doesn't belong on this thread. [1]http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/responsibility.html I will start > Thanks, > khirano >
