Dear James, Thank you for your reply, which I have commented below:
On Jul 18, 6:38 pm, "James Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not a rhino contributor, just a user and contributor to a JavaScript > toolkit, Dojo. > > I suggest you do not use the Rhino name unless the code is part of the Rhino > source tree and will be delivered with Rhino. > > Otherwise, the code will be a dependency the developer will need to include > with their code. It would be misleading to call it Rhino when it is > something the developer needs to track and install themselves, and not an > integral part of Rhino. > > It is sort of like how Apache delivers lots of very useful modules, but they > are always in the Apache namespace. They would not think of putting them in > the java namespace, even though many projects depend on them. > > There are probably other trademark/legal issues you could avoid too by > picking a different name. These are all excellent reasons for not using the name Rhino. I think I'll go for Crash. > It seems best and least confusing to just to pick a name other than "Rhino" > for your commonly shared code and evangelize its use to Rhino users. This > will also make the library easier to find via web searches too. If, down the > road, it is so useful and important when using Rhino, and it gets folded > into the project, a name change may be in order then. Since Rhino has been around since 1998, and Helma since 1999, I'd rather hoped someone else would have evangelised a common library by now. Helma core seems to be my best bet up to now. I asked the question because I was expecting some "No, don't use the Rhino name" replies, but I had also hoped for some "No, it's been done, use the XYZ library" answers too. Since you work closely with Dojo, does it offer Rhino compatible libraries for file operations, et al? Or does anyone else know where I should go to find this well rounded wheel, before I go off and reinvent it? > James John _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino
