Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:40:37 -0700
From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>,
	"pgsql-www@postgresql.org" <pgsql-www@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Promoting PostgreSQL to the world.
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On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 03:29:47PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Rod Taylor wrote:

[snip]

> > Despite everything SRA has done in the past, if a new CEO came by
> > and said they were forking the project and taking all staff off
> > the public project, we should not allow them to continue use of
> > the PostgreSQL brand. This requires protecting it in the first
> > place. SRA could not have received blanket authorization to use
> > the logo to start with.

> Command Prompt doesn't doesn't have any staff contributing to the
> public project.  Do we tell them they can't use the name
> "PostgreSQL"?  That is just an example.  There are tons of
> PostgreSQL usages out there that have no payback to the community.
> ConnX and dbexperts are good examples.

> > Not only should we take a reasonable cut (in this case) but we
> > should require a certain quality level in the product they put our
> > logo.

> That is my point.  Are we going to require a certain level of
> acceptable usage for someone to use the name?

I am not an intellectual property attorney, but...wait a minute.  Is
PostgreSQL a trademark?  If it is, we need to defend it, or it lapses.
An IP attorney can say how, but I don't think any of the rest of us is
qualified to have an opinion on this without consulting one.

Just my $.02.

Cheers,
D
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