On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Kazunari Hirano <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shane, Jim and all, > > Thanks. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Kazunari Hirano wrote: >>> >>> If we (Apache) use OpenOffice as product name and Apache OpenOffice as >>> project name, then we can give Team OOo the OpenOffice.org brand and >>> trademark? >>> >> >> Why would we want to? You don't reward "bad behavior" so even >> if the ASF did want to "give" the OOo brand to some 3rd >> party (which we for sure do NOT want to do), it certainly >> wouldn't be TOOo > > I see. > > I was just wondering what the ASF keeps holding the OpenOffice.org > trademark for if Apache OpenOffice the project will develop and > release Apache OpenOffice the product. >
Maybe think of it this way; Kentucky Fried Chicken decided to rebrand itself as "KFC" because the wanted to deemphasize the "fried" part, for modern health-conscious consumers. But that doesn't meant that anyone can go out and open a store and call it "Kentucky Friend Chicken". Both trademarks continue to be enforced. (Do you have KFC in Japan?) Regards, -Rob > Thanks, > khirano >
