Fwd: PHPCR
Lukas Kahwe Smith
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Rasmus Lerdorf <ras...@php.net>
> Subject: Re: PHPCR
> Date: October 13, 2011 5:55:58GMT+02:00
> To: Lukas Smith <sm...@pooteeweet.org>
> Cc: gr...@php.net
>
> On 10/07/2011 04:13 PM, Lukas Smith wrote:
>> Aloha,
>>
>> I just not realized that apparently nobody ever formally requested permission to use the PHP trademark inside the PHPCR name. Seems like the project went through so many people that I guess in the beginning its was too small to bother and then everybody assumed it was already done before.
>>
>> At any rate, PHPCR is the PHP Content Repository specification:
>> http://phpcr.github.com/
>>
>> Its actually already scheduled to become part of the upcoming JCR 2.1 release (kind of a novelty I guess to have PHP code inside a JSR).
>>
>> Anyway, I am hereby asking for permission to maintain the name PHPCR.
>> Not sure how this all works, is there a place where you usually publish "official" blessings or denials?
>>
>> Let me know if there are any questions ..
>
> The naming clause in the PHP license really only comes into effect for
> things that are under that license. It doesn't look like PHPCR is
> distribution any PHP-licensed code, so you technically don't need to
> worry about the naming clause.
>
> We do tend to ask people to not use the PHP name for things that we have
> no control or influence over since we end up having to answer questions
> from users about things with PHP in their name. In this case that
> doesn't seem like much of an issue, however, so I don't see any issues
> with it.
>
> -Rasmus
Lukas Kahwe Smith
m...@pooteeweet.org