From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.6.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from out1.vger.email (out1.vger.email [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:20]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2F491F51E for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: dcvr.yhbt.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="L62LC+J1"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229730AbiIZQj2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:39:28 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46228 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229504AbiIZQit (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:38:49 -0400 Received: from mail-yw1-x1130.google.com (mail-yw1-x1130.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1130]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3A35132D50 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:26:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yw1-x1130.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-349c4310cf7so72433357b3.3 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:26:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=Z1Y1hjEZpGUIk+boOBzN53M+d0fX4Aj71zDEvoFKD70=; b=L62LC+J1SACXyUNXKtdtyki6iXhea+jJxX6b0YL/eOPw14/9PYx0Eve1Z8VjyO0u8b WD9+bRHLKxpnY3nVw5Z1wVlscivvk1ldsc+68Pa0yVdHNrWP/tgaa4SNwatvMJJsFfZ/ pIRkcLvjGjXRpf8Y4zfaU6/jzEWaYwtRXqS1SAD+OOzhbGR4PC86LYMfrtJBP1jyjLbw OfikkE86alS/g/uFun/+Gz4cJXNymRj3amRT0ezgHgXCIZ+Su8wBqipR5A0sf46dekbt /jQS6l8iaftHeZryBvQTj4HULtoZ4XnCIzsWRmVq5iygGgzuD3vRii6DI78siQjjNuH9 TYIg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=Z1Y1hjEZpGUIk+boOBzN53M+d0fX4Aj71zDEvoFKD70=; b=ywQMPAOx4yuDaLix7IUVqpMtX3hDgaew7xXZq4HU3RZU9N1T5giByVn265/Uw9v6o/ ON1NiUYVVAwqvs2m8z1benbNsrqyZ0uTQHqJ8vc3I7kaMNq8EmgYWGwg+7DUmQM4weSb T6b7NQoLiq5Y/q0P80N7QRNtTKRROeeytSQzgw5S8rpLuFW0hyMNh5Pk1HROyLsIW6J3 DAhdsVM1afLNKF4NJB1UetXrT4kc4f1J1QP91VTZ65jdxjYieCJ8y4unqPRD5ABHO2iN gAToELNkU5dflOVbKg8wh4/76PFodEn5qQmv0/faxj+/K6nbQZJQOVC3jDpR/rs6boqr 9bsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf08pRSINUqCJIs/3Jxt8R7uGOlBS581I5VKPZluX1uTpIb5wHGN ntwnpNQsmjSTcKh7KgieN++a7RJfAExNo/gXLSRbWBsQZHGXrw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM60cJA79nYocnqLY6NzUzXq4TSq80Q8cdG2Yr5nvLfftGy8/MT9Sx6eQNb9VRstqczT7oJIgOfQZcd/+uCX204= X-Received: by 2002:a81:6c01:0:b0:34d:2175:2027 with SMTP id h1-20020a816c01000000b0034d21752027mr21205466ywc.157.1664205965963; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:26:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <07e739b7-bb60-c23f-7077-2c8f8cc00b62@dunelm.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <07e739b7-bb60-c23f-7077-2c8f8cc00b62@dunelm.org.uk> From: Christian Couder Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:25:53 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Handling the Git trademark To: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk Cc: git Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Phillip, On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:38 AM Phillip Wood wrote: > Thanks for taking the time to start a discussion on this. My immediate > reaction is that it would be a shame to lose control of the trademark by > not enforcing it. Thanks for your opinion on this! > If it is taking up too much of the leadership > committee's time perhaps we could consider asking for more volunteers to > handle some of the load. Would a few people volunteering a couple of > hours a month make a useful difference? Yeah, I think that would make a difference. Thanks for the suggestion! > One other thought is that there are a number of companies which use > "git" in their name that benefit indirectly from the git project > enforcing the trademark and thereby ensuring the name "git" is trusted. > If we were ever in the unfortunate position of having to take time > consuming (and presumably costly) legal action perhaps we could approach > them for support? Yeah, we have already thought about this, but we haven't needed such support yet. Best, Christian.