Update version to 2.4.1 (#282)

* Update version to 2.4.1

* Added trademark on Kafka

README.md

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-# KEFCore: [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/)
+# KEFCore: [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/)
 
-KEFCore is the [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/).
-Based on [KNet](https://github.com/masesgroup/KNet) it allows to use [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) as a distributed database and more.
+KEFCore is the [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/).
+Based on [KNet](https://github.com/masesgroup/KNet) it allows to use [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/) as a distributed database and more.
 
 ### Libraries and Tools
 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ Its primary scope is to support other, public or internal, MASES Group projects:
 
 The repository code and releases may contain bugs, the release cycle depends from critical discovered issues and/or enhancement requested from this or other projects.
 
-Looking for the help of [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) and [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) experts? MASES Group can help you design, build, deploy, and manage [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) and [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) applications.
+Looking for the help of [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) and [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/) experts? MASES Group can help you design, build, deploy, and manage [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) and [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/) applications.
 
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 ## Scope of the project
 
-This project aims to create a provider to access the information stored within an Apache Kafka cluster using the paradigm behind Entity Framework.
+This project aims to create a provider to access the information stored within an Apache Kafka™ cluster using the paradigm behind Entity Framework.
 The project is based on available information within the official [EntityFrameworkCore repository](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore), many classes was copied from there as reported in the official documentation within the Microsoft website at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/writing-a-provider.
 
 ### Community and Contribution
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ KEFCore uses [KNet](https://github.com/masesgroup/KNet), and indeed [JCOBridge](
  * [JVM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_virtual_machine) and [CLR, or CoreCLR,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Language_Runtime) runs in the same process, but are insulated from each other;
  * JCOBridge does not make any code injection into JVM;
  * JCOBridge does not use any other communication mechanism than JNI;
- * .NET (CLR) inherently inherits the cyber-security levels of running JVM and Apache Kafka; 
+ * .NET (CLR) inherently inherits the cyber-security levels of running JVM and Apache Kafka™; 
 * **Direct access the JVM from any .NET application**: 
- * Any Java/Scala class behind Apache Kafka can be directly managed: Consumer, Producer, Administration, Streams, Server-side, and so on;
+ * Any Java/Scala class behind Apache Kafka™ can be directly managed: Consumer, Producer, Administration, Streams, Server-side, and so on;
  * No need to learn new APIs: we try to expose the same APIs in C# style;
  * No extra validation cycle on protocol and functionality: bug fix, improvements, new features are immediately available;
  * Documentation is shared.

src/documentation/articles/currentstate.md

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 title: Current development state of KEFCore
-_description: Describes the current development state of Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka
+_description: Describes the current development state of Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka™
 ---
 
 # KEFCore: development state
 
 The latest release implementes these features:
 
-* [x] A working provider based on Apache Kafka Streams
+* [x] A working provider based on Apache Kafka™ Streams
 * [x] The provider can use KNetCompactedReplicator
 * [x] A base package for serialization based on .NET Json serializers
 * [x] An external package for serialization based on Apache Avro serializers

src/documentation/articles/externalapplication.md

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 title: External applications of KEFCore
-_description: Describes how to use data managed by Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka from external applications
+_description: Describes how to use data managed by Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka™ from external applications
 ---
 
 # KEFCore: external application
 
-[Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) shall convert the entities used within the model in something viable from the backend.
-Continuing from the concepts introduced in [serialization](serialization.md), an external application can use the data stored in the topics in a way it decides: [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) gives some helpers to get back the CLR Entity objects stored in the topics.
+[Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/) shall convert the entities used within the model in something viable from the backend.
+Continuing from the concepts introduced in [serialization](serialization.md), an external application can use the data stored in the topics in a way it decides: [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/) gives some helpers to get back the CLR Entity objects stored in the topics.
 
 > IMPORTANT NOTE: till the first major version, all releases shall be considered not stable: this means the API public, or internal, can change without notice.
 
 ## Basic concepts
 
 An external application may want to be informed about data changes in the topics and want to analyze the Entity was previously managed from the EFCore application.
-Within the core packages there is the `EntityExtractor` class which contains, till now, few methods and one accepts a raw `ConsumerRecord<byte[], byte[]>` from Apache Kafka.
+Within the core packages there is the `EntityExtractor` class which contains, till now, few methods and one accepts a raw `ConsumerRecord<byte[], byte[]>` from Apache Kafka™.
 The method reads the info stored in the `ConsumerRecord<byte[], byte[]>` and returns the Entity object with the filled properties.
 
 It is possible to build a new application which subscribe to a topic created from the EFCore application.
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ To work properly it needs, to be loaded in memory, at least:
 
 ## Possible usages
 
-For possible usages of [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/), and this feature, see [use cases](usecases.md)
+For possible usages of [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/), and this feature, see [use cases](usecases.md)

src/documentation/articles/gettingstarted.md

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 title: Getting started with KEFCore
-_description: Describes how to start to use Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka
+_description: Describes how to start to use Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka™
 ---
 
 # KEFCore: Getting started
 
-To use [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) you must have at least:
+To use [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provider for [Apache Kafka™](https://kafka.apache.org/) you must have at least:
 - an installed JRE/JDK (11+)
-- an accessible Apache Kafka broker (a full cluster or a local Dockerized version)
+- an accessible Apache Kafka™ broker (a full cluster or a local Dockerized version)
 
 > IMPORTANT NOTE: till the first major version, all releases shall be considered not stable: this means the API public, or internal, can change without notice.
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ To use [Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/ef/core/) provi
 dotnet new console
 ```
 
-- Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka is available on [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet). Execute the following command to add the package to the newly created project:
+- Entity Framework Core provider for Apache Kafka™ is available on [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet). Execute the following command to add the package to the newly created project:
 
 ```pwsh
 dotnet add package MASES.EntityFrameworkCore.KNet