I love the idea of the Adopt project distributing NetBeans as "Adopt-NetBeans". The AdoptOpenJDK page makes it easy for newcomers to get started...and even easier with NetBeans as an option.
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:29 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > “Adopt NetBeans” would not only be a name, it would also be a ‘call to > action’. :-) > > Gj > > On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 19:23, Matthias Bläsing <mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 30.05.2019, 09:46 -0700 schrieb Kodewerk: > > > The Adopt project would like to distribute NetBeans but we’ve yet to > > > sort out what is needed to make that happen. For example, I believe > > > we can’t call the distro Apache-NetBeans so we’re thinking of calling > > > it Adopt-NetBeans. This implies that there a number of things we need > > > to alter as part of the rebranding. Is there anything else that needs > > > to be done before Adopt could distribute NetBeans? > > > > this sound awesome. Indeed AdoptOpenJDK is in a very good position to > > create a full working NetBeans distribution together with a JDK and > > maybe even jlinked. > > > > If I'm not mistaken, the name is trademarked and the ASF requires, that > > derivates may not be called the original project name (as you rightly > > put it). I'm aware of CoolBeans a project from Emilian Bold and > > essentially a NetBeans distribution. I think Adopt NetBeans sounds > > good. > > > > Greetings > > > > Matthias > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > -- Josh Juneau juneau...@gmail.com http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com https://www.apress.com/us/search?query=Juneau <https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866>
