[Mpi-comments] Who is the owner of the 'MPI' acronym?

[Dorau, Lukasz]

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> Behalf Of Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:03 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Mpi-comments] Who is the owner of the 'MPI' acronym?
> 
> Are you asking if there is a trademark or other intellectual property restriction
> on using the acronym "MPI"?  
>
Exactly.

> If so, you should probably consult a lawyer about
> that.
> 
> If you're asking if you can release an open source software project that contains
> the name "MPI", if this software has nothing to do with the Message Passing
> Interface as described by www.mpi-forum.org, it would be nice if you didn't.
> 
Our project is a sort of persistent implementation of Message Passing Interface,
so it has a lot to do with the Message Passing Interface.

Lukasz

> > On Feb 23, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Dorau, Lukasz <lukasz.dorau at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can you tell me who is the owner of the 'MPI' acronym?
> >
> > I want to use this acronym in the name of the project that I am going to release
> as open source project and I would like to ask the owner if I can use it...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lukasz
> >
> >
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