Hi Jasper, There might be some confusion here - TESS is not a suggested name for the project - it is the name of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's search engine: http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
Cheers, Les On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Jasper Siepkes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Regarding the name Tess; I know that the automated assistant of Ziggo > (largest cable provider here in the Netherlands) is called Tess. Not > really in the same field, it is software however. > > Kind regards, > > Jasper > > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 22:18 +0200, Maarten Bosteels wrote: > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Les Hazlewood <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi Maarten, > > > > This is a good question. > > > > There is nothing in TESS that shows a potential naming > > conflict other than a result. That is, if you execute a > > search for all active entries, and a result comes up, odds are > > high that it would not be a good candidate. Or if you do see > > a result, be sure it is not software related in any way. > > > > Hi Les, > > > > What I actually meant is this: > > In your original post, you're saying "It seems as if our recently > > changed name of Apache Ki is not free from potential naming conflict > > problems" > > Where does this info come from ? Is this info backed by an entry in > > the TESS database ? Or an entry in another "intellectual property" > > database ? > > > > Best regards > > Maarten > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You're right that "Apache Ki" would have been the official > > name if it stood, but the Incubator seemed to come to a > > consensus that we should change the name just in case. They > > felt it would be best to find a name with no overlap anywhere, > > just to be safe; they're trying to limit the possibility of > > anyone starting legal action contending for a name - they > > could not afford to deal with that if it ever surfaced. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Les > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Maarten Bosteels > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Les, > > > > Is there an entry in TESS that shows us the potential > > naming conflict ? > > It could help us understand which names are good > > candidates. > > > > I don't quite understand the problem (IANAL). > > My apologies if this has all been discussed before. > > > > As far as I understand, the name of the project is > > "Apache Ki" not just "Ki", so I don't see any > > conflicts. > > Same for "Apache JSecurity". I must be missing > > something here. > > > > All Apache project names I tried, generate several > > hits on TESS: James, MINA, Cocoon, Maven, Cayenne > > > > Maarten > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Les Hazlewood > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks! > > > > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:21 PM, sebb > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > PANEKANA - apparently means security > > in Hawaiian. > > No hits in TESS. > > Google shows no hits relating to > > commercial enterprises. > > > > > > On 19/05/2009, Les Hazlewood > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Apache Community. > > > > > > It seems as if our recently changed > > name of Apache Ki is not free from > > > potential naming conflict problems, > > and we'll need to change our name > > again. > > > > > > So, we're reaching out to everyone > > and anyone who would like to > > contribute a > > > new name to the suggestion pool. > > Here's how the process will work: > > > > > > 1. All new names will be accepted > > by anyone for 1 week. Starting now, > > > ending 27 May 2009 Midnight GMT-8. > > > 2. We'll present the compiled list > > of submitted names in a new email. > > > Everyone will have 72 hours to vote > > on their favorite. > > > 3. The top 5 names by vote count > > will be the finalists. > > > 4. 72 more hours to vote to reduce > > the list to 2 final names. > > > 5. 1 final 72 hour period to vote > > on one of these 2 names. The name > > that > > > wins by simple majority will be the > > new project name. > > > > > > Please ensure any name submission > > is free and clear to the best of your > > > knowledge from any Trademarks or > > Patents by performing a search [1]. > > Also > > > if you can get little or no results > > in Google and Yahoo, that would be a > > > great candidate too. > > > > > > Name submission starts NOW. > > > > > > We look forward to all name > > suggestions, and we appreciate anyone > > who wishes > > > to participate! > > > > > > Thanks so much, > > > > > > Les Hazlewood > > > Apache JSecurity/Apache > > Ki/Apache ??? member > > > > > > [1] > > > http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4002:3c9s6h.1.1 > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
