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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:31:45 -0500
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Subject: Re: ASF Board Meeting Summary - December 16, 2009
From: Greg Stein <gstein@gmail.com>
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Apparently, Microsoft applied for a trademark on "Pivot" at the end of
October. That effectively puts the project on a collision course.
Legal can more definitively provide thoughts on this (for example,
maybe being strict about using "Apache Pivot" can steer us clear).

It was also mentioned during the meeting that approaching Microsoft is
an option, to see whether they will take issue with our use of
"Pivot". They may also say there is no problem with "Apache Pivot",
but that they'll get huffy if there is ever a bare reference to
"Pivot".

Cheers,
-g

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:06, Greg Brown <gkbrown@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Based on some earlier discussion, it was our understanding that no furthe=
r
> action was required regarding the Pivot project name;=A0see this thread o=
n
> legal-discuss (I haven't been able to locate the follow-up discussion on =
the
> trademarks list):
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200912.mbox/%3=
c168ef9ac0912031848w1996bbfp21913c2ec669e61b@mail.gmail.com%3e
> However, based on the attached board meeting summary, it seems as though
> this may have changed. If so, what are the current issues, and what are t=
he
> next steps?
> Thanks for your help,
> Greg Brown
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Jim Jagielski <jim@apache.org>
> Date: December 17, 2009 8:15:52 AM EST
> To: committers@apache.org
> Subject: ASF Board Meeting Summary - December 16, 2009
>
> The December board meeting took place on the 16th. The following director=
s
> were present:
>
> =A0Shane Curcuru
> =A0Doug Cutting
> =A0Justin Erenkrantz
> =A0Roy T. Fielding
> =A0Jim Jagielski
> =A0Geir Magnusson, Jr.
> =A0Brett Porter
> =A0Greg Stein
>
> and the following guests/officers were present:
>
> =A0Sam Ruby
> =A0J Aaron Farr
> =A0Craig L Russell
> =A0Gavin McDonald
>
> All of the received reports to the board were approved. The following
> reports were not received and are expected next month:
>
> =A0Status report for the Apache iBATIS Project
> =A0Status report for the Apache Santuario Project
> =A0Status report for the Apache Web Services Project
>
> The following resolutions were passed unaminously:
>
> =A0A. Establish the Apache Pivot Project (Greg Brown, VP)
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0The PMC is tasked to work with the Branding Cmmt and the
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Legal Cmmt regarding the use of the name 'Pivot' due to
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0potential conflict.
>
> =A0B. Establish the Apache OpenWebBeans Project (Gurkan Erdogdu, VP)
>
> =A0C. Appoint a Vice President of W3C Relations (Sam Ruby)
>
> =A0D. Establish the Apache Axis Project (Glen Daniels, VP)
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0The PMC should be aware that the name of the PMC was chang=
ed
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0from 'Axis2' to 'Axis' and that the PMC is tasked with the
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0responsibility for Axis1 and shepherding its transition to
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0the Attic.
>
> The next board meeting will be on the 20th of January.
>
>
>

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