I sent an email query for feedback on the trademark when sending this proposal. Let's see the feedback from the trademark VP. By the way, The Apache Arrow project[1] may hit the same situation as a common word.
[1]https://arrow.apache.org/ Willem Jiang Twitter: willemjiang Weibo: 姜宁willem On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 8:51 PM Sheng Wu <wu.sheng.841...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > I have a question for the mentors, do you check whether this general > word, `Answer` is an acceptable project name for the foundation? > > Sheng Wu 吴晟 > Twitter, wusheng1108 > > Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> 于2023年9月21日周四 20:39写道： > > > > Hi, > > > > It looks interesting at first glance. I will do a new pass on the > > proposal (in more details). > > > > Regards > > JB > > > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM Willem Jiang <willem.ji...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > We want to propose Answer as a new Apache Incubator project. > > > > > > Answer[1] is a question-and-answer (Q&A) platform software for teams > > > at any scale to build a help center, knowledge base, community forum, > > > etc. > > > The key features of Answer: > > > 1. Questions and Answers - Ask questions and get answers from your > > > users and team. > > > 2. Content Organization and Management - Organize your content with > > > flag, moderation, and permission. > > > 3. Content Management - Manage topics and discussions in the community > > > with tags. > > > 4. Reputation - Reward users for their contribution: answer, verify, > > > and upvote correct info. Always keep the information up-to-date. > > > > > > I'd be happy to be the Champion of this project, and may Thanks to > > > Zili Chen <tison AT apache.org>， Justin Mclean <jmclean AT > > > apache.org>, and Christofer Dutz <cdutz AT apache.org> for mentoring > > > the answer project and helping us polish the incubating proposal[2]. > > > > > > The word answer is a generic name, and trademarking it is impossible. > > > But if we add the prefix of Apache, it could be more reasonable to > > > use. I look forward to your feedback and thank you for your help. > > > > > > [1]https://github.com/answer.dev/ > > > [2]https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/Answer+Proposal > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Willem Jiang > > > > > > Twitter: willemjiang > > > Weibo: 姜宁willem > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
