On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Pedro Giffuni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys; > > I am not meaning to alienate the Brazilian community or > anything like that. Just wondering if there are thoughts > on BrOffice brand and releases. > > AFAICT, BrOffice is not a trademark SUN owned so it was > not transferred to the ASF. I think the BrOffice people > will have to make a proposal to the PPMC but just some > points to wonder about: >
IMHO, the name "BrOffice" is different enough from "OpenOffice" that there is not a problem here from the AOO perspective. But if someone else owns the trademark for "BrOffice" then that might be a different problem. > - Are we (AOO) allowed to carry BrOffice branding stuff > in our repository at all? Why would we want to do that? > - Can anyone release a BrOffice branded product? This depends on whether someone else claims a trademark on BrOffice. > - How will it be differentiated by the BrOffice derived > from LibreOffice (therefore under a different license)? > - Could/should it be called Apache BrOffice? (would > surely require permission from ASF if that's the case). > "Apache BrOffice" would be a problem unless BrOffice was the name of an actual Apache project. > Just thinking that such things should be planned > beforehand ;). > Is there a problem with just having a Brazilian Portuguese release of Apache OpenOffice using the name "Apache OpenOffice"? That would be the simplest thing to do. -Rob > cheers, > > Pedro. > >
