See here for a more nuanced analysis of the linguistics of trademarks: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000943.html
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 3:14 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12 May 2013 20:59, Jordan Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Respectfully I disagree :) "The Sony TV is black" is correct because the > noun/object is "tv". "Curator", is the noun in this case. "Curator" is not > a brand of "zookeeper libraries". Curator is the thing itself. > > Sorry, but that is not the case for trademarks. > See for example: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html#adjective > > > > -JZ > > > > On May 12, 2013, at 5:13 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 11 May 2013 20:20, Jordan Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I've added a description line to the ANNOUNCE sample email: > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CURATOR/Example+Emails > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Note that the first mention of Curator should use it as an adjective, > >> not a noun. > >> Compare: "The Sony TV is black" - correct; "The Sony is black" - > incorrect. > >> > >> Rather than: > >> "Curator is a set of Java libraries that make using > >> Apache ZooKeeper much easier and more reliable." > >> > >> perhaps put: > >> > >> "The Apache Curator Java libraries make using > >> Apache ZooKeeper much easier and more reliable." > >> > >> > >> > >>> -Jordan > >>> > >>> On May 11, 2013, at 1:00 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Congrats. > >>> > >>> However, what is Curator? > >>> > >>> The mail does not say anything about it. > >>> > >>> Please ensure that any announcement e-mails about Curator include a > >>> brief description of what it is. > >>> > >>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
