I agree, there are other wave implementations popping up, some of which include "wave" in the name and some don't. "Lightwave" for example is one such project. I think that Apache Wave and the Wave in a Box product should be fine.
Also, as Dan points out "Google Wave" product is going to cease to exist in the near future. The wave.google.com service / application will be shut down sometime after the end of the year. At this point Google's intent (if I understand it correctly) is that the open source community take up wave technology where they left off. This should cut down on any confusion an complications during the transition. Regards, Michael On Nov 23, 2010, at 6:11 PM, James Purser wrote: > While Google owns the Google Wave trademark, they don't own the very generic > "Wave". > > Apache Wave will be a separate thing and unaffected by any trademark that > Google owns. > > James Purser > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 20:47, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >> wrote: >>> ... >>> OK - Have they explicitly OK'd Apache Wave? While Apache Wave would >> certainly be unique to Apache, if Google intends to keep using Google Wave >> (and Wave as a shorthand) this would get very confusing. >> >> Don't you think that by proposing Wave to the Incubator that Google >> has OK'd this? >> >> Come on... back on off the paranoia :-P >> >> Cheers, >> -g >> >> p.s not to mention that "Apache Wave" would be our trademark and >> nobody can do or say anything about that. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
