Hi,
as said at other place, we are in the process of reworking the site, as
immidiate action I removed the logo now, please give us some few time
for review and rewrite wording,
thank you,
Martin
Am 21.11.2011 17:50, schrieb Ross Gardler:
On 21 November 2011 16:14, Rob Weir<[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Martin Hollmichel
<[email protected]> wrote:
Shane,
the reference to the Apache Project is required here, agreed. We are
reworking the content of the pages to make the message more clear, your
guidance on how to point to Apache OpenOffice project is appreciated here,
Hi Martin,
Before anyone cuts my head off, let me preface my remarks by stating
that this is my personal view, which others on the project may agree
or disagree with. Personally, I agree with your high level goals, at
least as I understand them. So I want you to succeed here. But I did
review the http://teamopenoffice.org/en/ website yesterday and noted
the following areas that appeared problematic to me. IANAL, of
course, but I think these areas should be addressed:
Thanks Rob (I promise I've not got my ace in hand right now, your head
is safe ;-)
In general I agree with Rob's points here. All uses of Apache marks
must be in conformance with the Apache Software Foundations trademark
policy. This can be found at [1]
If anyone needs any help with interpreting that policy this is the
first place to ask.
If anyone wants to seek permission not granted by that policy then the
process is defined at [2]
Ross
[1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/
[2] http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/trademarks.html
1) Apache owns the trademark on the blue& black text OpenOffice.org +
birds logo. The Team OpenOffice uses this logo on their home page
without
permission from Apache.
2) Apache owns the trademark on the name "OpenOffice.org". This name
and its common abbreviation "OOo" are used throughout the website
without permission.
3) Use of the confusingly similar name "Team OpenOffice" without
disclaimer stating they are not affiliated with the Apache OpenOffice
project or the Apache Software Foundation.
4) The pervasive claims that Team OpenOffice is "saving
OpenOffice.org" without a disclaimer saying that they are not
affiliated with the Apache
OpenOffice project or the Apache Software Foundation.
5) No where on the website do we see acknowledgement that
OpenOffice.org is a trademark of the ASF
6) The website suggested that donors/sponsors can get their names
added to an OpenOffice.org release.
I would certainly be supportive of Apache granting permission for some
uses of the trademark by Team OpenOffice. But I think (again, my own
personal opinion, so please everyone, stop sharpening those axes), the
primary goals should be:
1) Make it clear to the visitor what the scope of Team OpenOffice
activities are compared to Apache activities. Confusing these,
especially in the context of fundraising, is going to cause problems.
2) Express your support of the Apache OpenOffice project and the
larger ecosystem, which I believe is well-intentioned and serious,
without blurring the distinction between what is Apache and what is
Team OpenOffice.
3) Raising funds for your organization's activities, without using
Apache-owned trademarks in a way that could be confused as expressing
Apache support or participation in the fundraising.
Regards,
-Rob
Martin
On 11/21/11 2:19 AM, Shane Curcuru wrote:
Note that the listed page is in no way associated with the ASF nor the AOO
podling, and as best I can tell is directly infringing on a number of
registered trademarks of the ASF. I will be sending the admins of that
website an email shortly demanding that that page and similar fundraising
pages are taken down, and that their attempts (as it seems from that page)
to create what I can only imagine would be called OpenOffice.org 3.4 cease,
and immediately start using a new, non-infringing name.
At the ASF, our software is *always* free (as in no cost); the ASF will
*never* charge for either our source code our or project's software product
releases.
Any time you see someone stating or implying that you need to pay for any
ASF-hosted code you should be suspicious.
- Shane
On 2011-11-20 12:44 PM, Thomas Horn wrote:
Hi all,
I've read on http://teamopenoffice.org/en/become-a-partner.html that
you could become a "Source Code Sponsor" with your named displayed in
OpenOffice.org 3.4 by paying EUR 5000.
Do you really thinks that this is a good idea? I think that will lower
the neutrality of the Apache Foundation as I before wasn't under the
impression that you could buy yourself into Apache software.
Greetings from
Thomas
