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Jukka Zitting commented on CB-11:
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bq. Could someone maybe detail what was the concern with PhoneGap
As noted in the [Callback
proposal|http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CallbackProposal], PhoneGap remains a
commercial trademark of Nitobi/Adobe, which is why it can't be used by the
Apache project. The project name can also not be "[confusingly
similar|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusing_similarity]"; to an existing
trademark in the same sector, which is why a name like DeviceGap that was
floated around earlier was not OK.
I find Callback to be a pretty good name, but that's just me.
See also the [earlier
thread|https://groups.google.com/d/topic/phonegap-dev/4tbMpAx_DiE/discussion]
on phonegap-dev@ for various name ideas.
> come up with a new project name
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> Key: CB-11
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11
> Project: Apache Callback
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Patrick Mueller
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> During the transition of the PhoneGap project to Apache, the project was
> renamed to "Callback", due to some concerns with the name "PhoneGap". It
> seems that "Callback" isn't a great name either - it's a commonly used term,
> and so internet searches of "Callback" bring up too many non-relevant hits.
> Got something better?
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