On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Peter Firmstone <j...@zeus.net.au> wrote:
> To clarify, Jini is a specification, owned by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) > and developed in consultation with the "Jini Community", Jini is a trademark > owned by Oracle, Oracle also has the rights to a number of patents regarding > Jini Technology. Apache River has been granted rights to use these patents, > as part of the software grant by Sun Microsystems, there's also a patent > covenant, which covers AL2 code not included in the software grant. > > Apache River now maintains the Jini Specifications (please correct me if I'm > wrong), but Oracle still owns the trademark. I recall otherwise, but would need to go and check the official records... > I still think we need to be careful to document publicly that Jini is > trademarked by Sun Microsystems (Oracle) and Apache River is an > implementation of the Jini Specifications. Before you change, need to get the facts right... > Should the Jini Specification be broken out into a sub project with > releases, votes etc? I would find it odd if Oracle owns the specifications and trademarks, and they are being maintained and developed at ASF. It seems wrong, and I think Jini, lock stock and barrel, was transferred to ASF (possibly with a large tax deduction for Sun). Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/3xugrbk I work here; http://tinyurl.com/24svnvk I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug
