On 4/27/2015 7:13 AM, Jack Hill wrote: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Jeffrey Altman wrote: > >> 1. OpenAFS has an obligation to provide backward compatibility with IBM >> AFS 3.6 rxkad as long as it wishes to use the name. > > According to my reading of the AFS trademark agreement posted on the > OpenAFS Foundation website: > http://www.openafsfoundation.org/docs/openafs-foundation-ibm-trademark-agreement.pdf > > > there is no mention of any conditions associated with the use of the > mark. How am I misunderstanding the agreement? > > Best, > Jack > ___________________
The agreement that was posted to the OpenAFS Foundation web site is not the "AFS" trademark agreement, it is the "OpenAFS" trademark agreement. That agreement is specific to the Foundation being permitted to incorporate using the "OpenAFS" name. The Foundation web site states that this agreement was between IBM and the original board members and the rights were then transferred to the Foundation. However, I do not see anything posted to the site that actually performs that transfer of rights. The "AFS" trademark agreement is different. It is an agreement that specifies what protocol requirements exist to use the "AFS" mark (or a derivative) for software. Jeffrey Altman
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