[CentOS] Question about trademarks

[Always Learning]

> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Pouar <thepouar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm thinking of creating a project based on JBoss EAP the same way
> > CentOS does with RHEL. Obviously I can't call it JBoss EAP so I thought
> > I could call it CentAP, for Community Enterprise Application Platform.
> > Will this infringe on the Red Hat and/or CentOS trademarks?

On Sun, 2014-03-09 at 18:06 -0400, SilverTip257 wrote:
>
> Given the recent discussion in the thread below [0], you probably shouldn't
> name it as such.
> 
> Unless your "spin/project" becomes an official variant.
> Read Johnny's response (URL below) and respond back if you have any
> questions.
> 
> 
> [0] http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2014-February/141070.html

So Centipede is OK, since it is distinctive different from Centos but
CentAP infringes.

How about CentsAPP or Centsapp ?  That won't infringe.



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