https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-62
Thanks Joe On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Billie Rinaldi <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds good to me. > On Dec 11, 2014 9:30 PM, "Joe Witt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > Background: It is hopefully appropriate to initiate the podling name > search > > now. If the name were found to be not suitable then we'd need to change > > it. Changing the name is an extremely unpleasant process and very > > disruptive to users and those that have built extensions. We know this > > very well as we just went through it. > > > > So with that said is it acceptable to go ahead and submit the name search > > request now? If so here is what I'd submit to the PODLINGNAMESEARCH Jira > > based on what I've seen other projects do (specifically Samza as a good > > example): > > > > --- > > Description: NiFi is a dataflow system based on the concepts of > flow-based > > programming. The name itself comes from the projects previous name which > > Niagarafiles as it existed in a closed-source community. > > > > > > Trademarkia: > > http://www.trademarkia.com/trademarks-search.aspx?tn=nifi > > No results. > > > > > > EU trademark search: > > https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/welcome# (search URL not available) > > "nifi" is a registered trademark in Cyprus in 1993 where the 'list of > goods > > and services' is 'Brocures and Magazines" > > > > > > Google: > > Within the first several pages several of the links are about the podling > > or its history previous to the podling. There are also hits for the > > 'National Issues Forum', 'National Immigrant Farming Initiative', > National > > Inland Fisheries Institute, two bridal companies (nifi is apparently > greek > > for wife or bride), a LinkedIn page for a Candadian Services company, > > Northern Ireland Friends of Israel, and an Indian Film company. > > > > > > Bing: > > Reveals similar results to Google. Does also show connections to a > > manufacturing company called Unify, Nintendo's Wi-Fi connection protocol, > > > > > > Yahoo!: > > Results appear identical to Bing. > > > > > > Github: > > https://github.com/search?q=nifi&ref=cmdform > > Results are for project names that contain the characters nifi or is > about > > the podling. > > > > > > Google Code: > > > https://code.google.com/hosting/search?q=nifi&projectsearch=Search+projects > > No results. > > > > > > Sourceforge: > > http://sourceforge.net/directory/?q=samza > > No results. > > > > > > Ohloh / Blackduck/Open Hub > > https://www.openhub.net/p?query=nifi&sort=relevance > > No results. > > > > > > USPTO: > > > > > http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4805%3A7xj7jo.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=nifi&p_tagrepl~%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query > > No results. > > > > EU OHIM: > > > > > https://oami.europa.eu/eSearch/#advanced/trademarks/1/15/n1=MarkVerbalElementText&v1=nifi&o1=AND&c1=IS&sf=ApplicationNumber&so=asc > > No results. > > --- > > >
