One thing we should consider is the domain name. I doubt we can afford woq.com :)
These names were proposed woq 2 wdoqs woqs q936 And these proposed names have OSM in them, so likely are not good according to Legal wosm 2 wikosm wdosm wikidosm (P.S. Sorry for double - hit send too fast before fixing the first list) On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 5:45 PM, Yuri Astrakhan <yuriastrak...@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing we should consider is the domain name. I doubt we can afford > woq.com :) > > These names were proposed > woq 2 > wdoqs > wdosm > woqs > q936 > > And these proposed names have OSM in them, so likely are not good > according to Legal > wosm 2 > wikosm > wikidosm > > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> wrote: > >> I believe there is a slight misunderstanding, while remixing >> OpenStreetMap/OSM/etc in various ways may result in cutesy copycat domain >> names they simply do not jibe well with reality. >> >> Not only does every single one of them weaken the standing of the marks >> themselves and make is increasingly difficult to take action against >> misuse, they are further uncontrollable liabilities for the whole >> community. I gave the example of OpenWeatherMap, but there are others that >> would be really painful if they ended up in the hands of your fav giant >> tech corp. >> >> That said, I'm not sure why you believe the policy has broken something, >> with the exception of a few local chapters, to my knowledge, the OSMF has >> never granted a licence to anybody to use the marks in a domain name. As >> outlined in the FAQ we will be operating a grandfathering scheme to >> legalize such use after the fact so actually making such use legit for the >> first time. >> >> And yes: WoQ would be a wonderful name for Yuris service and shows that >> it is completely possible to break out of the old schema of simply copying >> OSM. >> >> Simon >> >> Am 17.09.2017 um 15:57 schrieb Yves: >> >> So, no OpenSparqlMap, then? :( >> Sad, this policy definitely broke something. >> Yves >> >> Le 17 septembre 2017 12:58:12 GMT+02:00, Blake Girardot >> <bgirar...@gmail.com> <bgirar...@gmail.com> a écrit : >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> How does this relate to the new draft trademark policy? >>> >>> I can't tell from the draft policy, but I believe that OSM at least is >>> a protected mark, not sure about osm. >>> >>> But I do think Simone Poole asked the community to stop naming things >>> with osm trademarks in them or variations on openstreetmap phrase. >>> >>> Cheers >>> blake >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Yuri Astrakhan <yuriastrak...@gmail.com> >>> <yuriastrak...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> The new service is getting more and more usage, but it lacks the most >>>> important thing - a good name. So far my two choices are: >>>> >>>> * wikosm >>>> * wikidosm >>>> >>>> Suggestions? Votes? The service combines Wikidata and OpenStreetMap >>>> databases, and uses SPARQL (query language) to search it, so might be good >>>> to reflect that in the name. >>>> >>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wikidata%2BOSM_SPARQL_query_service >>>> >>>> P.S. I know this is the hardest problem after off-by-one and caching... >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> talk mailing list >>>> talk@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing >> listtalk@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> >
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