Related discussions -
https://lists.apache.org/thread/oc9jft1tyo7cbphcyrtwobf4w5rcbhfw

I'll try to send a more complete reply in days. In short, let's update the
maturity model and provide more case studies.

Best,
tison.


Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> 于2024年4月3日周三 19:33写道:

> Question: where did the incubation process fail in this case?  How can
> we prevent something like this from happening again?
>
> On 2021/12/20 22:50:13 Eya Badal Abdisho wrote:
> > Hello Justin,
> >
> > Thank you for your feedback. Please find more information following:
>
> ...snip...> - There are some minor trademark issues on the Bitnine site
> e.g [2] → All
> > will be fixed in a day.
>
> One issue today is that both the Bitnine site advertises several
> software products with names that start with "AGE...", including a
> graph-based tool.  The other issue is that AgeDB is a company using
> similar names and branding as Apache Age.
>
> These issues clearly weren't fixed, nor do they appear to really have
> been seriously addressed in the past two years.
>
>    https://bitnine.net/
>    https://agedb.io/
>
> ...snip...
> > - I notice one person who replied to this thread had a agedb.io email
> > address - what is it relationship with the project?
> >
> > Agedb is a US startup (incorporated in California May this year) and is
> > affiliated with Bitnine Global, who contributed the original AGE source
> > codes to the Apache Software Foundation. The purpose of Agedb is not yet
> > clearly defined but it is expected to be to provide graph database
> > solutions and related services.
>
> I definitely appreciate our Incubator mentors, who do an incredible job
> in their volunteer time.  Helping build communities is hard work, and is
> to be celebrated.
>
> How can we improve documentation, education, or training so that the
> below sentence would leap out at any mentor as a "You can't do that!"
>
> "purpose of Agedb is ... provide graph database solutions and related
> services"
>
> Given we were trying to incubate Apache AGE as a graph database, the
> above sentence is literally describing trademark infringement!  How can
> we make it easier to ensure podlings and their donating organizations
> actually take trademark transfer seriously?
>
> --
> - Shane
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