PROCESS CHANGE: Dissolving TradeMark Commitee
nainaz opened this issue · comments
As we are part of CNCF we no longer need Trademark Committee.
Current charter for Trademark commitee is as following:
1. Advise the Trademark owner on the definition and enforcement of the "Knative" trademark usage and branding guidelines.
2. Review and approve conformance rules and tests
3. Define brand use decisions.
4. Review and approve the scope and definition of additional derivative Knative marks (e.g. Knative Serving, Knative Core, etc).
Only the Trademark Committee can redefine its own charter, membership, and authority over Knative Trademark, conformance, and brand decisions.
At SC and TOC we believe that Conformance should and can be handled by TOC (point 2) and point 1 and 4 are no longer needed. SC will handle brand use guidelines (point 3).
Since only TM can redefine its own charter, membership and authority.
Please let us know your thoughts and wishes.
- If two members vote for it to be dissolved at the next scheduled meeting and hand it over the conformance program to TOC. Committee could be dissolved.
Proposed
1. [Managed by TOC] Review and approve conformance rules and tests
2. [Managed by SC] Define brand use decisions.
Only the Trademark Committee can redefine its own charter, membership, and authority over Knative Trademark, conformance, and brand decisions.
P.S: No meeting has happened since Feb 2023 due to no quorum.
At SC and TOC we believe that Conformance should and can be handled by TOC
I don't recall this being discussed at any TOC meeting. In my mind define brand use decisions. doesn't fall under TOC but probably steering
I don't recall this being discussed at any TOC meeting. In my mind define brand use decisions. doesn't fall under TOC but probably steering
Does it make sense to split point 2 as
- TOC - Review and approve conformance rules and tests
- SC - Define brand use criteria
Agree with @xtreme-sameer-vohra maybe splitting in two is the answer.
As part of dissolving process, may be you can add that @xtreme-sameer-vohra and @smoser-ibm @mchmarny
@nainaz asked me to vote , and I am unclear how to do that other than adding a comment that i am OK with dissolving today TM committee and continuing the conformance work via the TOC, as proposed above by @xtreme-sameer-vohra
Agree with @xtreme-sameer-vohra maybe splitting in two is the answer. As part of dissolving process, may be you can add that @xtreme-sameer-vohra and @smoser-ibm @mchmarny
Hey @nainaz
I updated the issue description to cover the split between SC & TOC.
With that change in mind, I am also in favor of dissolving the TM committee.
Thank you @smoser-ibm and @xtreme-sameer-vohra
SC's and my understanding is that we can dissolve the TM committee now and transfer the responsibilities to SC and TOC, as written above.
My idea of proceeding is:
- Copy and paste responsibilities from https://github.com/knative/community/blob/main/TRADEMARK-COMMITTEE.md into respective committee documentation
- Delete https://github.com/knative/community/blob/main/TRADEMARK-COMMITTEE.md (and update everywhere else where TM committee is mentioned) OR keep the document for history, but update it that the TM doesn't exist anymore
- (optional) Write a blogpost in knative.dev about the change
- (optional) Send an email to knative-dev mailing list about the change
Does this make sense?
Related #1161
Recording of TM committee dissolving itself: https://zoom.us/rec/play/HNRYazP5M4rpvwgjxG9axsSayl5zvMyCSOr5zLG7t5DwpF32wbkLfpseJzcRnrxinVZ9TMZSHBrAAV7M.X7QPrUUoBHSyvJ-i?canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FSQdqoQVUlYjE4Q4KYSOgPzfq2aP5Hs1A0F6SN-zm8SynkOhnp6h_3KpXTyrEJuhH.uSIcatWGYOwNnFk4
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