txs folks! 

So I'll CANCEL the vote on [email protected] now.

I'm also +1 for either BVAL or OpenBeanValidation.


I actually like BVAL a bit more, because it is easier to pronounce and it fits 
better into tweets ;)


LieGrue,
strub



----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Benson <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: what's our _exact_ project name now?
> 
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Gerhard Petracek <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>>  +1 for Apache BVal
> 
> Simo's reasoning here is sound:  using the same name as
> already-released artifacts is a sound strategy.
> 
>>  +1 for Apache OpenBeanValidation
> 
> There is also good reason to consider this name IMO, as it conforms
> nicely alongside OpenEJB, OpenJPA and OpenWebBeans.
> 
> I don't have a strong preference between these two options.
> 
> Matt
> 
>>  -1 for Apache BeanValidation (too similar compared to the name of the spec.
>>  - at least it might be confusing for users,...)
>> 
>>  regards,
>>  gerhard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  2012/1/10 Simone Tripodi <[email protected]>
>> 
>>>  Hi Mark!
>>> 
>>>  I honestly think that, even if I don't like the BVAL acronym, since 
> we
>>>  already released artifacts with bval-* prefix, BVAL should be the name
>>>  of the project.
>>> 
>>>  Just my 0.02 cents, all the best!
>>>  -Simo
>>> 
>>>  http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/
>>>  http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/
>>>  http://twitter.com/simonetripodi
>>>  http://www.99soft.org/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Mark Struberg 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>  > Hi folks!
>>>  >
>>>  > While running the VOTE on general@incubator, I spotted a problem 
> with
>>>  the project name in our graduation proposal
>>>  >
>>>  > "Apache Bean Validation"
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  > is imo just too similar to the spec name itself
>>>  >
>>>  > "Bean Validation"
>>>  >
>>>  > http://jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=303
>>>  >
>>>  > Although it's not trademarked, it might not really be 
> trademarkable at
>>>  all!
>>>  >
>>>  > I think that "BeanValidation" might serve us better, or 
> even use "Apache
>>>  BVAL" as project name.
>>>  >
>>>  > I now updated our graduation proposal to 
> "BeanValidation"
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>> 
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BeanValidation/Graduation+Proposal
>>>  >
>>>  > Is this ok for anyone?
>>>  > Or should we go for BVAL at all?
>>>  >
>>>  > LieGrue,
>>>  > strub
>>>  >
>>> 
>

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