Well, there is "Silk (R)", a set of Java classes that support object-
oriented general purpose simulation and animation using the Java
programming language.

See e.g. http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc00papers/037.PDF

I don't like the (R)...

        Best regards
                Henning




 On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 12:16 -0500, Henri Yandell wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Felipe Leme wrote:
> 
> > Henri Yandell wrote:
> >
> >> - Silk. I'm still unable to understand how we get permission to use the 
> >> name, and am just posting to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list every so 
> >> often. 
> >
> > Why? What's the issue with the name?
> 
> Partly it looks like general confusion over names :) I'd been told to go 
> check with the PR group on the name, but it seems that the real one is to 
> hassle Cliff to make sure it's not a legal problem.
> 
> Dims directed me to:  
> http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=et2jfo.1.1
> 
> Looking there, 'silk web' gives 'SILK WEB SOFTWARE TESTING FROM SEGUE' as 
> a 'word mark'. I'm not sure if that matters though. ie) how close does it 
> have to be etc.
> 
> >> Ideas?
> >
> > Ideas for a new name?
> 
> Nah, just ideas on how to get things moving.  I'll nudge Cliff, and if 
> there's nothing legally bad, we'll charge in.
> 
> >> Current efforts in this area:  archiving inactive Commons Sandbox 
> >> components. Creating Silk as a future for Taglibs and other subprojects.
> >
> > By speaking of Silk, what's the status? I haven't seem any message here 
> > @general (or at the wiki) about the project for weeks...
> 
> The name stuff above. Largely it's been been a casualty of my continued 
> education in how to make things happen at the ASF.
> 
> Hen
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