Trademarks are tied to an industry/usage. So someone using a name for a convenience store has no assertion over the same name used for software -- at least that's how it works in the US. And I don't think we're looking to trademark the Mascot name, are we? I thought this was just a logo and the name is unofficial.
Cheers, Paul On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> wrote: > Am 2014-11-20 um 22:20 schrieb Stephen Connolly: > >> On Thursday, November 20, 2014, Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >> Am 2014-11-20 um 21:21 schrieb Michael Osipov: >>> >>> My opinion on this: >>>> >>>> I do not like the connection between the owl and the word maven. >>>> While the owl stands for wisdom in the Greek culture as on the Greek >>>> euro coins, Maven is not of Greek origin. It is cleary of Hebrew/Jewish >>>> [1] origin. I see no connection here. I would rather see an old and wise >>>> man. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Well one advantage the owl has is that there is no obvious gender - >> apart >> from my unconscious bias referring to it as Mr :-P - whereas the wise old >> man could be perceived as biased, agest, sexist or belittling to wise >> women >> (irrespective of age) >> >> For that reason I think an animal with no obvious gender differences is >> probably a better fit >> > > You obviously misunderstood me. I wasn't talking about genders and nor am > I tied to a man specifically. The point is, the owl is not rooted in the > Jewish culture as is the word/meaning of maven not rooted in the Greek one. > > Moreover, the mascot name might violate trademarks: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimentation_Couche-Tard > > I don't want Apache Maven to be linked to a convenience store from Canada. > > Michael > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
