For me, Answer is a problematic name. We're trying to move away from relying on the Apache brand name so project names ideally should work with or without the Apache name. Answer does not work as a brand on its own, it depends on being Apache Answer to make it seem like a brand. I'm not saying that we should stop calling our projects Apache XYZ yet but I just think the XYZ needs to work as a standalone project name too. Even something like 'Answer Platform' and 'Apache Answer Platform' might make the name more specific. Imagine trying to search online for 'Answer'. There are more than 14 billion matches on Google.
On Thu, 21 Sept 2023 at 13:51, Sheng Wu <wu.sheng.841...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > I have a question for the mentors, do you check whether this general > word, `Answer` is an acceptable project name for the foundation? > > Sheng Wu 吴晟 > Twitter, wusheng1108 > > Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> 于2023年9月21日周四 20:39写道: > > > > Hi, > > > > It looks interesting at first glance. I will do a new pass on the > > proposal (in more details). > > > > Regards > > JB > > > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM Willem Jiang <willem.ji...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > We want to propose Answer as a new Apache Incubator project. > > > > > > Answer[1] is a question-and-answer (Q&A) platform software for teams > > > at any scale to build a help center, knowledge base, community forum, > > > etc. > > > The key features of Answer: > > > 1. Questions and Answers - Ask questions and get answers from your > > > users and team. > > > 2. Content Organization and Management - Organize your content with > > > flag, moderation, and permission. > > > 3. Content Management - Manage topics and discussions in the community > > > with tags. > > > 4. Reputation - Reward users for their contribution: answer, verify, > > > and upvote correct info. Always keep the information up-to-date. > > > > > > I'd be happy to be the Champion of this project, and may Thanks to > > > Zili Chen <tison AT apache.org>, Justin Mclean <jmclean AT > > > apache.org>, and Christofer Dutz <cdutz AT apache.org> for mentoring > > > the answer project and helping us polish the incubating proposal[2]. > > > > > > The word answer is a generic name, and trademarking it is impossible. > > > But if we add the prefix of Apache, it could be more reasonable to > > > use. I look forward to your feedback and thank you for your help. > > > > > > [1]https://github.com/answer.dev/ > > > [2]https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/Answer+Proposal > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Willem Jiang > > > > > > Twitter: willemjiang > > > Weibo: 姜宁willem > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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