On 2 February 2016 at 12:11, Ate Douma <a...@douma.nu> wrote: > On 2016-02-02 12:43, Gilles wrote: >> >> On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 10:06:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: >>> >>> Please select your top choice among the following suggested names >>> for the new [math]-based TLP. All are welcome and encouraged to >>> respond. This POLL will be open for 72 hours, at which time two >>> tallies will be presented: one among those who have volunteered for >>> the new PMC and a second among all respondents. Hopefully, one name >>> will emerge as consensus winner. If not, I will kick off another >>> runoff poll among the top choices. Please respond with your top >>> choice for the name. >>> >>> AjaMa >>> Epsilon >>> Erdos >>> Euclid >>> Euler >>> Gauss >>> JAML >> >> >> This choice: >> >>> Math >> >> >> can potentially lead to legal and/or technical problems: >> * name of the JAR will basically be "math.jar", easily clashing >> with local toolboxes (also named without much imagination) > > > apache-math-x.y.z.jar > > will fix the name clashing trivially. > > >> * name of the project will obviously be impossible to protect
The name of the project will be Apache Math which *is* protectable. This is no different from many other ASF projects which use common names that already have meanings. There are very few ASF projects whose bare names are protectable/protected >> >>> MathBlocks >>> MathComponents (or Math Components) >>> Mathelactica >>> MathModules >>> Megginson >>> modMath >>> Nash >>> Newton >>> Pythagoras >> >> >> The second objection of course holds for many names in the list. >> We'd better follow Bertrand's suggestion. >> >> >> Gilles >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
