From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E0A01F453 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:24:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729955AbeIRX6n (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:58:43 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:52392 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1729689AbeIRX6m (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:58:42 -0400 Received: (qmail 11142 invoked by uid 109); 18 Sep 2018 18:24:53 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:24:53 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 9913 invoked by uid 111); 18 Sep 2018 18:24:52 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) SMTP; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:24:52 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:24:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:24:51 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Junio C Hamano Cc: David Aguilar , git@vger.kernel.org, git@sfconservancy.org Subject: Re: Git trademark status and policy Message-ID: <20180918182450.GB24448@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20180916101520.GC18517@gmail.com> <20180917032101.GD22024@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 06:58:43AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I can undertand the sentiment that we may not want to appear drawing > lines among friends, but ultimately the policy is about protecting > our friends from non-friends, so whether we like it or not, we may > have to be more explicit about who's grandfathered and who's not > than before. Yeah, I think it may simply come down to that. I think we may need to get some guidance from Conservancy on the best route forward. I.e., if we want to bless "Git Cola" as a name, are we best to have some kind of written agreement, so it is "we explicitly allow this", and is not interpreted as "we did not bother to enforce, which weakens our trademark". -Peff