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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