Re: java name Re: What is Jakarta Commons?

[Geir Magnusson Jr <ge...@4quarters.com>]

On Dec 24, 2003, at 12:03 PM, Morgan Delagrange wrote:

> I believe (but I Am Not A Lawyer) that we can use the
> term "Java" to describe something on the homepage, but
> that it cannot be the title of a project, nor could it
> be used as a domain name.  Most sourceforge projects
> that do so are probably in error from a legal
> standpoint.
>

That is correct.  You couldn't have JavaLogging or such, but could 
describe it as 'logging solution for Java'.

geir

> Anyway, that old domain name was cheesy.  :)
>
> - Morgan
>
> --- Henri Yandell <ba...@generationjava.com> wrote:
>>
>> Any idea how exactly the java trademark works with
>> respect to our usage of
>> it?
>>
>> For example, if we're talking about language based
>> portals/foundries, can
>> we actually call it the 'Apache Java Portal'? Or
>> some such.
>>
>> How do Sourceforge get away with:
>>
>> http://java.foundries.sourceforge.net/ ?
>>
>> Presuming Jakarta remains as is, but some kind of
>> Java-ASF-portal is also
>> created, I'm just wondering how the word 'Java' can
>> be linked to the name
>> etc.
>>
>> Hen
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Greg Stein wrote:
>>
>>> We started with java.apache.org, but had to toss
>> it for trademark reasons.
>>> Thus, Jakarta was born.
>>>
>>> No going back now...
>>
>>
>>
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