
1.前言
相信有很多人,包括我这样的算是老PGer了,都认为PostgreSQL这个商标都属于PG全球开发组:PostgreSQL Global Development Group, 事实果真如些吗?
现在可以郑重的告诉大家,我们都弄错了。这个商标是属于:PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada 。这个消息是由Jonathan Katz 指出来的。我也是在观看postgresweekly消息,在一个不起眼的位置才注意到这么一则消息。
2.具体内容
话不多说,我们直接看官方网站上的正式说明吧,具体位置在:https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/
3.英文原文
4.Trademark Policy (商标政策)
Last updated: December 8, 2020. View change history.
This policy pertains to our trademarks. Specifically, the terms Postgres and PostgreSQL and the Elephant Logo (Slonik) are all registered trademarks of the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada. If you wish to use these marks, you must comply with this policy.
本政策适用于我们的商标。具体来说,“*Postgres*”和“*PostgreSQL*”以及大象标志(Slonik)均为[加拿大PostgreSQL社区协会](https://www.postgres.ca/)的注册商标。如果您希望使用这些标记,您必须遵守本政策。
4.1Why This Matters (为何这很重要)
We have implemented this Trademark Policy because it is important to the Community that our trademarks are not used in ways that confuse people. For example, we do not want people to use our trademarks:
with software that is not related to PostgreSQL, does not run on it or work with it,
to suggest (falsely) that PostgreSQL is not open source software,
to suggest that they are somehow sponsored by, affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by the PostgreSQL Project when they are not,
on competitive products (i.e. databases that are not PostgreSQL, or built on or derived from PostgreSQL), or to use them with unrelated goods and services.
If these things happen, over time, our marks will lose their meaning. As the Community grows, the best way to ensure that this does not happen is by setting and enforcing standards for how our marks are used.
我们之所以实施本商标政策,是因为我们的商标让人们产生混淆,这对社区很重要。例如,我们不希望人们使用我们的商标做以下事情:
-与PostgreSQL无关的软件,不在PostgreSQL上运行或与PostgreSQL一起工作,
-暗示(错误地)PostgreSQL不是开源软件
-暗示他们在某种程度上是由PostgreSQL项目赞助,附属,认可或批准的,当他们不是,
-在竞争产品(即数据库不是PostgreSQL,或建立或派生自PostgreSQL),或使用它们与不相关的商品和服务。
如果这些事情发生了,随着时间的推移,我们的商标就会失去意义。随着社区的发展,确保这种情况不会发生的最好方法是制定和执行我们的商标使用标准。
4.2Fair Uses That Don’t Require Prior Approval (不需要事先批准的合理使用)
You may make fair use of Postgres or PostgreSQL to refer to the software in true factual statements. For example:
If it’s true, you can say in your software or documentation that certain software runs on, with, or is derived from PostgreSQL® software.
You can use the trademarks to accurately advertise PostgreSQL® software-related content in a public event.
You can use the names Postgres® or PostgreSQL® in articles and blogs and forums to reference the database system.
You may use Postgres® or PostgreSQL® in the title of a book about the software.
You may (if accurate) identify yourself as an individual or corporate contributor to the Postgres® or PostgreSQL® database project.
You may use Postgres or PostgreSQL on your website as links to our website at: https://www.postgresql.org.
As long as you do not state or imply that that you or your business are affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored or approved by the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada, PostgreSQL Global Development Group, PostgreSQL Project, PostgreSQL Core Team, or PostgreSQL Community, these kinds of uses of the words Postgres and PostgreSQL are generally fine.
您可以合理地使用Postgres或PostgreSQL在真实的事实陈述中引用该软件。例如:
-如果这是真的,你可以在你的软件或文档中说,某些软件运行,与*PostgreSQL*®软件,或派生自*PostgreSQL*®软件。
—您可以使用商标在公共场合准确宣传*PostgreSQL*®软件相关内容。
—您可以在文章、博客、论坛中使用*Postgres*®或*PostgreSQL*®来引用数据库系统。
-您可以在有关该软件的书籍的标题中使用*Postgres*®或*PostgreSQL*®。
-您可以(如果准确的话)表明自己是*Postgres*®或*PostgreSQL*®数据库项目的个人或公司贡献者。
-您可以在您的网站上使用*Postgres*或*PostgreSQL*作为链接到我们的网站:[https://www.postgresql.org](https://www.postgresql.org/]。
只要你不声明或暗示你或你的业务隶属于加拿大PostgreSQL社区协会、PostgreSQL全球开发小组、PostgreSQL项目、PostgreSQL核心团队或PostgreSQL社区,这些词的使用通常是好的。
4.3 Other Approved Uses (其他批准用途)
If your event or conference satisfies the Community Recognition Guidelines, you may use the marks to promote the event, including in the event name. Recognized PostgreSQL User Groups may use the marks to promote their events, activities and groups. Recognized PostgreSQL nonprofit organizations may use the marks in their materials in support of the project, including in their group names, e.g. United States PostgreSQL Association.
-如果您的活动或会议符合[社区认可指南](https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/conferences/),您可以使用这些标记来宣传活动,包括在活动名称中。
-[认可的PostgreSQL用户组](https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/user-groups/)可以使用标记来宣传他们的事件,活动和组。
-[公认的PostgreSQL非营利组织](https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/npos/)可以在支持项目的材料中使用标记,包括在他们的组名中,例如[美国PostgreSQL协会](https://www.postgresql.us)。
4.4 How To Use Our Marks (如何使用我们的商标)
Please adhere to the following guidelines when using the marks as permitted under this Trademark Policy. If you fail to do so, we may revoke your permission to use them.
The marks should not be modified in any way without prior approval. They should not be presented with other trademarks or logos.
The Elephant Logo (Slonik) must appear in one of the forms below:
Particularly if these uses are commercial in nature, we encourage you to present the marks with Postgres, PostgreSQL or the Elephant Logo (Slonik) followed by the ® symbol wherever practicable. If you use the outline version of Slonik, this should be followed by the ™ symbol.
Wherever possible, include the line: Postgres, PostgreSQL and the Slonik Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada, and used with their permission.
Do not seek to register any trademark containing one of our marks or a variant thereof.
Do not use the marks in a business name or trade name.
Do not use the marks in a way that would disparage the software, the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada, PostgreSQL Global Development Group, PostgreSQL Project, PostgreSQL Core Team, or PostgreSQL Community.
在使用本[商标政策](https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/)所允许的商标时,请遵循以下准则。如果您没有这样做,我们可以撤销您使用它们的许可。
-未经事先批准,不得以任何方式修改商标。它们不应与其他商标或徽标一起出现。
-大象标志(Slonik)必须出现在以下其中一种表格中:
-特别是如果这些用途是商业性质的,我们鼓励您在可行的情况下使用*Postgres*, *PostgreSQL*或大象标志(Slonik),后面跟着®符号。如果您使用的是Slonik的大纲版本,则应该在此后面加上™符号。
Postgres, PostgreSQL和Slonik Logo是加拿大PostgreSQL社区协会的商标或注册商标,并经其许可使用
-不得寻求注册任何包含本公司标志之一或其变体的商标。
-不要在商业名称或商品名称中使用这些标志。
-不要以贬低软件、加拿大PostgreSQL社区协会、PostgreSQL全球开发小组、PostgreSQL项目、PostgreSQL核心团队或PostgreSQL社区的方式使用这些标记。
4.5 Uses That Require Approval (需要批准的用途)
For pretty much any use not discussed above, you must contact us for permission before you use our marks. For example, if you want to use our marks (or some variant of them) in your company name, product name or domain name, you must obtain prior approval. We will try to work with you to permit uses that support the PostgreSQL® project and our Community. Please note, however, that we will approve uses in our sole discretion, and that we will not be able to approve uses if we believe that they will cause confusion about your relationship with the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada, PostgreSQL Global Development Group, PostgreSQL Project, PostgreSQL Core Team, or PostgreSQL Community.
对于上述未讨论的任何用途,您必须在使用我们的标志之前与我们联系以获得许可。例如,如果您想在您的公司名称、产品名称或域名中使用我们的商标(或其变体),您必须事先获得批准。我们将尝试与您合作,以允许支持*PostgreSQL*®项目和我们的社区的使用。但是,请注意,我们将根据我们的判断来批准使用,如果我们认为使用会导致您与加拿大PostgreSQL社区协会、PostgreSQL全球开发小组、PostgreSQL项目、PostgreSQL核心团队或PostgreSQL社区之间的关系混乱,我们将无法批准使用。
4.6 Additional Information (附加信息)
The PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada does NOT make any express or implied warranties, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of any third-party intellectual property rights. We reserve the right to update this Trademark Policy from time to time without notice. Uses that predate this version of the Trademark Policy (i.e. uses prior to December 8, 2020) do not require permission from us so long as the use is consistent with this Policy. However, if you think you may have used the trademarks in the past in ways that would violate this Policy, we suggest seeking permission. Our aim is to work with you to support uses that support the project, however PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada reserves the right to deny trademark use that violates this Policy. Past use in violation of this policy does not confer a right to continue that use.
Please feel free to reach out to us by emailing board@lists.postgres.ca with any questions or requests for approval.
【加拿大PostgreSQL社区协会】(https://www.postgres.ca)不做任何明示或暗示的保证,包括但不限于不侵犯任何第三方知识产权。我们保留随时更新本商标政策的权利,恕不另行通知。在本版本商标政策之前的使用(即在2020年12月8日之前的使用),只要符合本政策,无需获得我们的许可。但是,如果您认为您过去可能以违反本政策的方式使用了这些商标,我们建议您寻求许可。我们的目标是与您一起支持支持项目的使用,但是加拿大PostgreSQL社区协会保留拒绝违反本政策的商标使用的权利。过去违反本政策的使用不授予继续使用的权利。
如有任何问题或要求批准,请随时通过电子邮件[board@lists.postgres.ca](mailto:board@lists.postgres.ca)与我们联系。
5.总结
看来对于商标的使用,以后也要尽量保持准确无误,同时也是对整个PostgreSQL社区的尊重。PGer及筒子们,有什么感受,尽可文后留言。
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