Remove 3rd party references in code and documentation by SuGlider · Pull Request #10666 · espressif/arduino-esp32 (original) (raw)

Vojtech is no longer part of Espressif team. He decided to venture for other endeavors. I've been the Product Manager since 2022.

There are 3 products here:

1. The Arduino Core for ESP32, that is an 'add-on' to Arduino IDE, reason why even being a 3rd Party Software, Arduino IDE will be kept.
2. The Arduino Component for ESP-IDF, which most people use along normal/usual ESP-IDF tools.
3. The source code. People will use it however they please.

Third party software (i.e. not owned or 'managed' by Espressif) will be moved to a specific place in documentation, if/when using updated/supported Espressif software. Changes are on documentation for now, and we are only aiming the software (i.e. the source code) when it is related to trademarks (SuGlider examples). We are making it very clear about what is an Espressif Product and what is not.

Why?

Well... This very thread is an example in itself. The very statement that "Espressif will no longer support PlatformIO" is problematic in its core and it does break one PIO Labs trademark rules, making it appear that we own PlatformIO. We don't. PlatformIO is a commercial product, which is owned, supported and maintained by PIO Labs. We can't be the 'maintainers' or even the 'supporters' of it. It is NOT shared property. PIO Labs is the sole owner.

Simple warnings do not make a difference on defining this (they are there, yet, confusion remains). So, in order to be compliant to any third party projects and their trademarks, what is our product and so on, we are reviewing all content. This is the scope of this PR.