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Not a lawyer, but this seems to violate trademark usage (unless there is a written agreement). "You may not use or register, in whole or in part, our Marks as

Not a lawyer, but this seems to violate trademark usage (unless there is a written agreement). "You may not use or register, in whole or in part, our Marks as part of your own trademark, service mark, domain name, company name, trade name, product name or service name. You may not use names or trademarks that are similar to ours without first obtaining written approval. You therefore may not use an obvious variation of any of our Marks or any phonetic equivalent, foreign language equivalent, takeoff, or abbreviation for a similar or compatible product or service." (Numfocus is the legal entity behind pandas and other open source projects): https://numfocus.org/trademark-guidelines https://numfocus.org/trademark-guidelines

craigmi 3y ago
I asked GPT-4 this can you visit https://pandas.pydata.org/about/governance.html https://pandas.pydata.org/about/governance.html and tell me if I am allowed to use the term 'pandas' in the name of another unaffiliated project, for example 'pandas-ai' -- Based on the BSD 3-Clause License under which pandas is released, neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission[ 1] . This means that to use the term 'pandas' in the name of another unaffiliated project such as 'pandas-ai', you would likely need to get written permission from the pandas project's copyright holders. However, please note that this is not legal advice, and it would be a good idea to consult with a lawyer who specializes in open-source software or intellectual property law to ensure that you're in compliance with all legal requirements. [1] https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/main/LICENSE
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- humanistbot 3y ago
  Can HN please ban these low-effort + low-contribution "I asked GPT your question" responses? These add nothing to the conversation, as you have no idea if the response is accurate or a hallucination. HNers should know better.
humanistbot 3y ago
I agree it violates trademark usage (also not a lawyer). But even if it is legal, it's still unethical, since they explicitly asked projects to not use their names in the doc you linked. And even if you believe it is ethical from some vaguely libertarian "'information wants to be free' means I should be able to do whatever I want online", it is still a bad idea if you actually want to work with the pandas team. If you need some PR to be merged into any numfocus project (numpy, jupyter, dask, among others) that only benefits pandas AI, I think they would be fully justified in letting it sit.
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craigmi 3y ago

I asked GPT-4 this can you visit https://pandas.pydata.org/about/governance.html https://pandas.pydata.org/about/governance.html and tell me if I am allowed to use the term 'pandas' in the name of another unaffiliated project, for example 'pandas-ai' -- Based on the BSD 3-Clause License under which pandas is released, neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission[ 1] . This means that to use the term 'pandas' in the name of another unaffiliated project such as 'pandas-ai', you would likely need to get written permission from the pandas project's copyright holders. However, please note that this is not legal advice, and it would be a good idea to consult with a lawyer who specializes in open-source software or intellectual property law to ensure that you're in compliance with all legal requirements. [1] https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/main/LICENSE

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humanistbot 3y ago
Can HN please ban these low-effort + low-contribution "I asked GPT your question" responses? These add nothing to the conversation, as you have no idea if the response is accurate or a hallucination. HNers should know better.

humanistbot 3y ago

I agree it violates trademark usage (also not a lawyer). But even if it is legal, it's still unethical, since they explicitly asked projects to not use their names in the doc you linked. And even if you believe it is ethical from some vaguely libertarian "'information wants to be free' means I should be able to do whatever I want online", it is still a bad idea if you actually want to work with the pandas team. If you need some PR to be merged into any numfocus project (numpy, jupyter, dask, among others) that only benefits pandas AI, I think they would be fully justified in letting it sit.

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