On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Todd Volkert <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 1) I understand that the release archive must contain the word >>> "apache" in the filename. What about the JAR files contained within >>> the archive? For example, is "pivot-core.jar" ok, or does it have to >>> be "pache-pivot-core.jar"? >> >> Strongly recommended for trademark reasons. With Apache in the name, >> we don't risk of intruding on other people's trademarks in the >> software field. > > Does this change when you graduate? After asking this question, I > went to look how other projects structure their distributions, and the > first four I looked at, Ant, Cayenne, Wicket, & Commons, all omitted > "apache" from their JAR file names (ref: > http://mirror.olnevhost.net/pub/apache/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.tar.gz).
Feel free to sample a bit more, and especially the less famous projects. Actually, Jackrabbit is probably a good role model, since I think Roy Fielding has oversight on that project, and he is the ultimate resource of Apache legalese. Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug
