Hi Maarten, It started based on this post: http://www.jsecurity.org/node/1081#comment-289
This apparently was enough for the Incubator to be concerned, hence this new renaming effort. Cheers, Les On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Maarten Bosteels <[email protected]>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] >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
