Hi,
I am currently in search for a system that will allow for an adult e-commerce site. We will be selling high end adult related products and wanted to make sure it is okay with your terms of use as I was not very sure. Thank you, Kate |
Well, as long as it's high-end adult products and not the cheap stuff most places sell... I don't think anyone will complain. Actually, being more serious, OFBiz is part of the Apache Software Foundation and one of the very important parts of the Apache license and way of doing things is that there are no restrictions on what the software can be used for. In other words, as part of the way the Apache License 2.0 works there are no restrictions for any industry. There may be people who participate in OFBiz and the ASF who would not like to see their work being used for certain things, but it is very purposefully setup to not prevent things like that. In fact, it's such an important point that the Harmony project (an implementation of Java itself) chose not to accept the Java testing/validation kit from Sun because of the licensing terms that restrict use in certain industries. -David On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Kate Gallagher wrote: > Hi, > I am currently in search for a system that will allow for an adult > e-commerce site. We will be selling high end adult related products > and > wanted to make sure it is okay with your terms of use as I was not > very > sure. > > Thank you, > > Kate |
> Actually, being more serious, OFBiz is part of the Apache Software
> Foundation and one of the very important parts of the Apache license and way > of doing things is that there are no restrictions on what the software can > be used for. In other words, as part of the way the Apache License 2.0 works > there are no restrictions for any industry. On the other hand, the license expressly excludes trademarks, and I wonder if there are any considerations on the use of, say, the Apache Feather logo, for instance. I wonder about this, even if it's nothing more than a "powered by [feather]" logo. -- James McGill Phoenix AZ |
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From: "James McGill" <[hidden email]>
>> Actually, being more serious, OFBiz is part of the Apache Software >> Foundation and one of the very important parts of the Apache license and way >> of doing things is that there are no restrictions on what the software can >> be used for. In other words, as part of the way the Apache License 2.0 works >> there are no restrictions for any industry. > > On the other hand, the license expressly excludes trademarks, and I > wonder if there are any considerations > on the use of, say, the Apache Feather logo, for instance. I wonder > about this, even if it's nothing more > than a "powered by [feather]" logo. Yes, you are right. You can't use the Apache Feather logo (or other ASF properties like "Apache OFBiz") but you may use a "powered by [feather]" logo. If you do so you should also put a sentence like "This site is not associated with the Apache Software Foundation". You may found an example here http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Demo+Servers#OFBizDemoServers-Disclaimers Jacques > > -- > James McGill > Phoenix AZ |
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BTW http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/
Jacques From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[hidden email]> > From: "James McGill" <[hidden email]> >>> Actually, being more serious, OFBiz is part of the Apache Software >>> Foundation and one of the very important parts of the Apache license and way >>> of doing things is that there are no restrictions on what the software can >>> be used for. In other words, as part of the way the Apache License 2.0 works >>> there are no restrictions for any industry. >> >> On the other hand, the license expressly excludes trademarks, and I >> wonder if there are any considerations >> on the use of, say, the Apache Feather logo, for instance. I wonder >> about this, even if it's nothing more >> than a "powered by [feather]" logo. > > Yes, you are right. You can't use the Apache Feather logo (or other ASF properties like "Apache OFBiz") but you may use a "powered > by [feather]" logo. > If you do so you should also put a sentence like "This site is not associated with the Apache Software Foundation". You may found > an example here > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Demo+Servers#OFBizDemoServers-Disclaimers > > Jacques > >> >> -- >> James McGill >> Phoenix AZ > |
One should note that this usually isn't an issue for users of OFBiz, mostly for those creating derivative works, those writing publicly about OFBiz, etc. Also, on a side note, I'm personally against a lot of these new ASF policies, as are many others at the ASF. For now though, it doesn't matter so much IMO. -David On Sep 14, 2009, at 12:14 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > BTW http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ > > Jacques > > From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[hidden email]> >> From: "James McGill" <[hidden email]> >>>> Actually, being more serious, OFBiz is part of the Apache Software >>>> Foundation and one of the very important parts of the Apache >>>> license and way >>>> of doing things is that there are no restrictions on what the >>>> software can >>>> be used for. In other words, as part of the way the Apache >>>> License 2.0 works >>>> there are no restrictions for any industry. >>> >>> On the other hand, the license expressly excludes trademarks, and I >>> wonder if there are any considerations >>> on the use of, say, the Apache Feather logo, for instance. I wonder >>> about this, even if it's nothing more >>> than a "powered by [feather]" logo. >> >> Yes, you are right. You can't use the Apache Feather logo (or other >> ASF properties like "Apache OFBiz") but you may use a "powered by >> [feather]" logo. >> If you do so you should also put a sentence like "This site is not >> associated with the Apache Software Foundation". You may found an >> example here >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Demo+Servers#OFBizDemoServers-Disclaimers >> >> Jacques >> >>> >>> -- >>> James McGill >>> Phoenix AZ > > |
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