On May 20, 2016 4:24 PM, "Elliot Hallmark" <permafact...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a Data Oriented programing library I'm writing that uses the
Entity-Component-System model.
>
> https://github.com/Permafacture/data-oriented-pyglet
>
> I have initially called it Numpy-ECS but I don't know if that name is
okay.  The numpy license says:
>
> Neither the name of the NumPy Developers nor the names of any
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
software without specific prior written permission.
>
> but doesn't say anything about using the name of NumPy. Is this okay?

Legally speaking, I'm pretty sure no one is going to sue you. That clause
in the license is generally taken to be mostly meaningless, because lying
and claiming that so-and-so endorses my project when they don't is
generally going to get me into legal trouble anyway, so the license text is
redundant. The main thing that would legally control use of the name
"numpy" is if we had a trademark on it, and I'm pretty sure no one has
claimed or registered one of those.

But legal issues aside, it'd probably be better to give your software a
more unique name? "Numpy-ECS" is potentially confusing (are we going to get
bug reports filed on it because it says "numpy"?), and, well, it's kind of
boring and generic, don't you think? Like naming your child
"Human-legsarms"?

-n
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