#Apache folks, do you see the trademark policy of @EclipseFdn and @TheASF, combined with their respective missions, to be completely equivalent? If I'm wrong I will gladly shut up about it. I'm neither a member of the Apache Foundation, nor affiliated with the Eclipse Foundation.https://twitter.com/mmilinkov/status/1237944522912522240 …
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I also remember the endless waste of time that was the Harmony fight with Sun over JCP or whatever but was essentially about using the word "Java". I don't think that did any of the parties much good.
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Oh and early on there was also back and forth over using the "http://Apache.org " domain. There was a prominent link on the website to Tribal information and resources, for years. Trademarks are obviously important for reducing market confusion, but so negative in many ways.
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It appears a strongly held opinion that this should not be permitted by decision makers. For the record, the Linux trademark was originally held and administered by the Linux Mark Institute, a LLC, that licensed the mark out for a fee... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mark_Institute …
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And, it is "Red Hat" not "RedHat"
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