[caleblloyd]

I guess the answer may be that they can ask the CNCF to archive them, but the CNCF/Linux Foundation technically controls the domain and trademarks. So I guess they would need the CNCF to release those back to the project if they wanted to withdraw or move to another foundation. Interesting.

> Trademarks and domain names of archived projects are still hosted by the CNCF and the Linux Foundation

> The project is free continue development in its repositories, ideally with a goal to reactivate itself

https://github.com/cncf/toc/blob/main/process/archiving.md#a...

[frozenhelms]

Correct, once the project is donated to CNCF, so is the trademark. Even if CNCF votes to archive the project, the trademark is still owned by them. I haven't seen an instance where CNCF released them.