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[jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-84) What are the requirements for the
[PRODUCT_NAME] in the NOTICE file?
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Robert Burrell Donkin commented on LEGAL-84:
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In general, I'm happy for projects to decide what they want PRODUCT NAME to be, whether a top level project name or a product brand. However, AIUI trademarks are gained and maintained through commerce. So, perhaps there may be some implications for a project who wishes to protect using trademarks the good name of a product if they choose to use the top level project name. But IANAL.
> What are the requirements for the [PRODUCT_NAME] in the NOTICE file?
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> Key: LEGAL-84
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-84
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: ant elder
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> The NOTICE file in released artifacts must start with Apache [PRODUCT_NAME], as described at http://apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#notice
> Many many projects extend the product name with text describing the particular artifcat, eg "Apache HttpComponents Client", often .jar artifacts created by Maven use the Maven module artifact name in the NOTICE file and frequently thats done using maven keyword expansion with "${project.name}". Its also quite common for this customized name to go wrong and the resulting NOTICE file either having the wrong name as it was copied from some other artifacts NOTICE or else just include Apache ${project.name} as the key word expansion has failed.
> It seems like it would be much simpler and less likely to go wrong if the name didn't need to be customized for individual artifacts, so my questions is: are there any legal or policy reasons or requirement to include anything additional over just the projects TLP name?
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