Guys, If I may: since we're discussing marks, why not post to trademarks@ and ask Shane and crew to weigh in? Maybe you have already, but if so, I haven't seen that discussion mentioned over here on gene...@incubator.
Thanks! Cheers, Chris On 8/30/10 10:03 AM, "Grant Ignersoll" <gsing...@apache.org> wrote: On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:15 PM, David Jencks wrote: > To try to illustrate my thinking rather than push a name down your throat... > Open ConnectorFramework/OpenConnectorFramework/OpenCF OK, since you've added > a branding word. Not ideal since the purpose appears overly broad > Content Connector Framework/ContentConnectorFramework/CCF OK, since you've > clarified the scope. Not ideal since has no branding word. > OpenContentConnectorFramework/OpenCCF better since it clarifies the scope and > includes a branding word. So, the word "open" somehow alleviates your concern? I don't get that. If your objection is that it comes across as being _the_ Apache connector library, then how does "Open" modulate that? It's still the Apache Open Connector Framework. It's still descriptive and still implies it's the one. Besides, it's the ASF, isn't "Open" implied/redundant? We would never have the Apache Closed Connector Framework, right? Likewise, the word Content implies the same "only" status, albeit here I will give you that it distinguishes it from Tomcat Connector somewhat, although the Tomcat Connector is just that, the Tomcat connector. However, I still don't buy that it is a "branding" word. Content is pretty much meaningless. Everything is content. I have no doubt that we could write a plugin for ACF that connected to Tomcat and got Content out of it. Heck, we already do. It's called a web crawler. So, that leaves us, in my mind w/ the option of some made up name or we stick w/ ACF. I'm all for a made up one if someone comes up with one, I just don't know what it is and no one in the community seems to have one either. ACF fits and the community likes it. It's not unprecedented at the ASF and I don't think it is confusing with Tomcat Connector. At any rate, the community would like some resolution. Should I just call an official vote on ACF and if it loses then we will go back to the drawing board? -Grant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
