[MetaCRS] PROJ4 (tm)

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jody,

I am not aware of a trademark. I don't see that we need one, and I am
somewhat dubious if we could get one for something as generate as
"Proj" or "Proj.4".

Best regards,
Frank


On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Got an interesting request today asking about Proj4 trademark, and if the
> name "Proj" can be used by the Proj4j project.
>
> I am not aware of the a trademark being obtained (although OSGeo can
> certainly do so on behalf of the MetaCRS project). Reviewing commit history
> shows an initial commit that already included a CHANGE-LOG stretching back
> to 95/9/10 for "cartographic projection software" :)
>
> So the question is - does a TM exist for PROJ? If so who should I talk to,
> if not do we want to obtain one?
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
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