Use of Adempiere name
Contents
Reasoning
Why do we want/need to limit the use of the name
- protect reputation of the project
- enforce contributing to the project
- collect money for funding further development
Legal Protection
Community will define entities around the world to act as trustees registering copyrights, domains, logo, trademark, etc on behalf of the community. When the registration process require names of persons, they must be done on the name of prominent citizens (chosen by community).
Use & Association with ADempiere
Use of the ADempiere name
Charities & Not for Profit Organisations
Private and Public Commercial Entities
Special Entities
- IP Owners
- Marketing Vehciles
ADempiere Citizens
- Do ADempiere citizens have the right to call themselves a citizen? i.e. can they say "ADempiere Citizen" ???
- Should ADempiere citizens be able top promote ADempiere freely without the potential legal claim for abuse of name
- Should citizens be able to use to trade on the positions they fulfil in the community i.e. receive money because they have some permissions others don't? Who should people be able to received funds from? Would we allow IBM to pay all of our trunk committers and hence take over the project by taking over the people ? Can citizens publicise their name and role within ADempiere?
Domains
Root Domains
e.g. adempiere.com, adempiere.org, adempiere.eu, adempiere.tld
Domains Containing ADempiere
e.g. adempierebusiness.com, adempiereisfun.com, adempieresurfclub.com
Officially Supported Domains
We should list all authorised domains - i.e. those part of the project and promoting ADempiere in each country Who should authorise the official list - what rules are there?
Non Official Domains
I'm not sure we could comment on non-official domains due to exposure to legal action
Use of the ADempiere logo
Misuse
The use of ADempiere is subject to the citizens rights and responsibilities. (In this way we can bind the Citizens)
The use of ADempiere for non citizens is subject to authorisation from the legal representative enforcing trademark.
Consequences
- breach of citizen agreement
- misuse of IP by non-citizens
- ban rule breakers from wiki and sourceforge project
Who will protect the ADempiere IP
- I propose ADeV and Adempiere Inc. (USA Foundation)