Hi Jacques & List:
I've had this discussion with the Apache Foundation in the past as I too
am concerned about copyright infringement and misrepresenting my
purpose. The Foundation's legal advisers found my "interpretation" of
the rules satisfactory.
FYI, I do clearly state the relationship with the Apache Foundation here:
http://www.myofbiz.com/control/faqs
More specifically, I clearly write:
Is MyOFBiz.com affiliated with the Apache Foundation or Apache OFBiz?
No.
Best Regards,
Ruth
On 4/17/12 5:19 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
Hi Daniel (and any person in the same situation),
I have noticed "your" site at http://www.ofbiz.cl
Like did for instance Marco Risaliti some time ago with
http://www.ofbiz.it you need to clearly state that your site is not
and official Apache OFBiz site.
The same applies to ofbiz.nl and ofbiz.th (maybe it's done but I did
not find it clear like did Marco) and I guess others...
This is the minimum required, and actually you should not even use
ofbiz in your domain names...
http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/#domains
see also there "Using the Apache Foo or similar graphic logos:"
Thanks
Jacques
PS : I think it's ok for http://www.myofbiz.com because it does not
'"mimic" official OFBiz site and does not use ofbiz in its domain
name. Though a little note about not being an official Apache OFBiz
site would not hurt...
The same apllies for
http://www.ofbiz.biz/
http://www.ofbiz.de/
etc. (you know better than us... for now...)
This my own interpretation of the ASF rules and I don't act on behalf
of APache OFBiz PMC, but I think I'm right to ask
