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Posted to user@uima.apache.org by Philip Ogren <ph...@ogren.info> on 2010/01/14 01:36:57 UTC

naming a third-party library

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

Re: naming a third-party library

Posted by Marshall Schor <ms...@schor.com>.
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
>
>
>

Re: naming a third-party library

Posted by Thilo Goetz <tw...@gmx.de>.
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