On 20 November 2014 21:36, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote:
> 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. > Correct. Java's mascot is called Duke... I don't think Sun trademarked Durk nor have Oracle (yet... at least to my knowledge) > > > 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 > > > > >
