This document provides a high-level overview of the required policies for trademark use by both outside parties, and by Apache PMCs. Items marked MUST are required; items marked SHOULD or MAY are best practices or guidelines for usage. A site map of trademark resources is available, and you can contact us with questions.

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Policies For Outside Parties¶

• If you are acting on behalf of any entity except the ASF or an Apache project, the formal trademark policy defines the allowable uses of Apache trademarks, which include all Apache project names and logos, along with our APACHE® house mark and the stylized feather logo.

• You may request permission to use Apache trademarks in conjunction with conferences or events, or in domain names, but you must first follow our detailed policies.

• Please see the Apache Product Name Usage Guide for a detailed description of how to refer to Apache product names in your work.

• Our FAQ provides many common answers to "Can I do this with an Apache trademark?".

Policies For Apache Projects¶

Apache projects may define their own brand - name, logo, style - and promote it in their own way. To ensure the ASF's ability to defend our project trademarks, there are a few MUST requirements for how projects display their websites and how they deal with reported misuses of their trademarks. There are also a number of SHOULD best practices that PMCs may find useful as well.

Apache Project Names¶

• Must be named "Apache Project".
• New software product names must use the Name Search process (primarily to ensure they do not conflict with existing trademarks).
• PMCs should consider requesting registration of their project name.

Apache Project Logos¶

• May include a version of the Apache feather.

Apache Project Websites¶

• Must host the primary development website at projectname.apache.org.
• Must have a few defined links back to the ASF in their navigation structure.
• Must use the appropriate ™ or ® symbol to legally note their name is a trademark, and provide an attribution on the homepage.
• Should use appropriate names for social media accounts.
• Should link to other corporations' websites appropriately.

Apache Project Governance¶

• PMCs must [govern their projects independently][independent] for the benefit of the whole project community, and not favoring any outside organizations.

Apache PMCs and Outside Parties¶

• PMCs must evaluate and address misuses of their own trademarks that are reported to them.
• PMCs should respond to event and domain name requests by outside parties - if not, they must ask trademarks@ to handle those requests.
• PMCs may always ask for assistance on trademarks@.

Important Note¶

Nothing in this ASF policy statement shall be interpreted to allow any third party to claim any association with the Apache Software Foundation or any of its projects or to imply any approval or support by the ASF for any third party products or services.