I am not a lawyer, but I agree with Thilo. I don't think any trademark issue would arise from the use of one letter :-) -Marshall
Thilo Goetz wrote: > On 1/14/2010 01:36, Philip Ogren wrote: > >> Is it ok to name a third-party library such that it is an acronym that >> has a 'U' in it where the 'U' stands for UIMA? I'm sure the answer is >> there in the legal jargon of ASL 2.0 - but it is not clear to me. I >> can't tell if section 6 applies or not on two counts (is UIMA a trade >> name and/or would this be customary use?) >> >> Thanks, >> Philip >> > > Sure, that should be ok. You're not developing another product > and calling it UIMA, you're doing something with or for Apache > UIMA, and it should be perfectly fine to reflect that in the > name. I'm not a lawyer and all that, but I'm pretty sure about > this one. > > --Thilo > > >
