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Question on Usage

Kate Gallagher
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
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Re: Question on Usage

David E. Jones-2

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

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Re: Question on Usage

James McGill-5
> 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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Re: Question on Usage

Jacques Le Roux
Administrator
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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Re: Question on Usage

Jacques Le Roux
Administrator
In reply to this post by Kate Gallagher
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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Re: Question on Usage

David E. Jones-2

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
>
>