On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 23:32 Daniel Widdis <wid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Adding onto this, even if there may be no legal trademark issue, there is > other software by this name which makes it less than desirable. Quoted > from [1] > > > Avoiding search-results confusion is important for another reason. > Apache projects are often very quickly highly ranked. An Apache project > with a similar name to another application in the same technical space may > quickly come to dominate searches in that space. If someone else holds a > related trademark, this may lead to a legal dispute. As a non-profit > organization, the ASF and Apache projects have no business conflicting with > an existing trademark for software products or related services. > > A current search for "firestorm software" reveals multiple sites related > to [2]. Searching "firestorm download" links to [3]. Searching "apache > firestorm" links to sites providing parts for remote control model cars, of > which two models compatible with such parts are "Apache" and "Firestorm" > [4]. > > 1 - https://infra.apache.org/project-names.html > 2 - https://www.zotac.com/us/page/firestorm > 3 - https://www.firestormviewer.org/choose-your-platform/ > 4 - https://www.competitionx.com/hpi-racing-manuals/ > I don’t believe that’s what we search for here. What we search for is expected use of the name. I wonder if part of the skew is search results history. I use DuckDuckGo and the top results include this proposal, some military related content and a company named Firestorm’s viewer. When I search for Tencent Firestorm I only get this proposed project We wouldn’t expect Apache to get great hits right now. Long run we would. The formal name would be Apache Firestorm. > Not my call, I am not a lawyer and have no binding votes on the incubator, > just adding my observations. > > On 5/22/22, 8:04 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > HI, > > > According to the trademarks@ current cursory feedback, looks like > project > > name "Firestorm" is OK. > > I don’t this that is the case. Trademark checked “FlameStorm”, and > said that if Firestorm was as issue then FlameStorm would also be an issue. > I don’t believe they have checked FireStorm. There’s a typo in this paragraph that makes it impossible to understand/changes the original meaning. > > Please don’t under estimate the cost of a project name change, I seen > several project go through this and it it is always much more effort than > you realise. Based on previous experience, Infra are not likely to make it > a priority to help with a name change mid incubation or just before > gradation. > > Kind Regards, > Justin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
