11 RFR (XS) 8205956: Fix usage of “OpenJDK” in build and test instructions (original) (raw)

mark.reinhold at oracle.com mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Fri Jun 29 15:21:19 UTC 2018

2018/6/29 3:03:09 -0700, volker.simonis at gmail.com:

This still doesn't explain why replacing one trademark with another one is helpful here.

Perhaps some trademarks are more important than others.

After Phil's remark, OpenJDK doesn't even seem to be registered as a trademark, so in that sense the old version "Building the OpenJDK" seemed to be even more trademark law compliant.

I’m not qualified to engage in a legal argument, in this or any other forum, and neither is Phil. In this matter I am following the advice of Oracle’s legal department regarding the usage of Oracle’s trademarks.

And by the way, I totally agree with Aleksey that changes shouldn't be pushed if reviewers raise concerns (at least not before these concerns have been addressed).

My apologies. I had no idea this would turn out to be such a volatile issue.

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