And just to make sure you guys saw it, there was a (what I would consider) positive response from Legal: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-248
John On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:56 PM P. Taylor Goetz <ptgo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 21, 2016, at 2:39 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> wrote: > > Otherwise there also could also be issues with the name Apache Gossip of > the original "lives on", so you would have to be prepared to change the > name, if needed. > > > I don’t think we’d have issues with the original authors, as Edward > mentioned they did give a subtle nod of approval in the past, and they’ve > been invited to participate. I also don’t think the community would have an > issue with changing the name if necessary. And in fact one of the first > things we should do on entry would be a PODLINGNAMESEARCH so if a name > change is required it is done early. > > A cursory google search of “gossip software” revealed a Gnome chat client > and a SIP client/VoIP dialer, both of which are pretty distant in purpose > from what’s being proposed. > > -Taylor >
