Stephen, Many thanks for filing this - I do assure you that I was not under the impression the GitHub plugin was official or even endorsed but I agree that the trademark requires work to enforce. And I just love their response in your ticket - made me laugh and cringe..!
James On 11 June 2013 22:44, Stephen Connolly <[email protected]>wrote: > On 11 June 2013 22:27, Stephen Connolly <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > On 11 June 2013 22:03, James Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> If you search for maven-download-plugin you should reach a project on > >> GitHub. > > > > > > Please advise them to rename their plugin as the current name is in > > violation of the permitted usages of the ASF's trademark Maven: > > > http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.maven.dev#query:list%3Aorg.apache.maven.dev+page:1+mid:cmqxvj6ddshmnzwr+state:results > > > > And further the name confuses users as to who is responsible for the > > plugin. > > > > Filed: > > https://github.com/maven-download-plugin/maven-download-plugin/issues/14 > > I so hate having to do this... the "joys" of having to defend a trademark! >
