I don't think this is necessary. The NeXT application was called
"Workspace Manager", the file wrapper was called "Workspace.app".
Guerkan is asking for the file wrapper name to change, not the
application name. In effect, the discussion is about what to name a
directory.
I just did a trademark search at the USPTO and don't find these
registered. This is a bit disconcerting, because I know the "Info"
dialog on NeXTStep shows the phrase "Workspace Manager" with a TM
beside it, and the legalese at the front of the manuals lists this as a
registered trademark. Somewhere in the info on the USPTO site I read
that they have trademarks online back to 1870 or somesuch -- perhaps
they only converted active ones when they made it available initially?
The term "workspace" was used by NeXT generically as the conceptual
synonym that we use "desktop" for now, such as in the documentation
chapter "Introducing the Workspace". The application titlebar however
labels the main application window "File Viewer", and everywhere else
the term "Workspace Manager" is used.
Interestingly, anyway, NEXTSTEP was registered in February for some
insurance company, nextSTEP in January by a publishing company, and
there are other variants. I do find other NeXT trademarks, marked
"abandoned" in the database. One I had never seen before was
"JAVASTEP", abandoned in 1997 (serial 75128859). The TESS server just
stopped responding or I would cite more.
Anyway, I think the abandoned trademarks are pretty good evidence that
Apple/NeXT have moved on, and don't much care about the legacy NeXTStep
names. Now, if you wanted to rename it "Finder", there might be an
issue! Of course, IANAL.
--Robert
On Sep 22, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Gregory John Casamento wrote:
Enrico/Guerkan,
I would suggest another name, such as "Workplace", or something
similar. Renaming it "Workspace" would be like me renaming Gorm as
"Interface Builder". Something tells me that might be an issue. :)
Anyway... that's my $0.02.
Later, GJC
--Gregory Casamento
----- Original Message ----
From: Enrico Sersale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: GNUstep dev <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:01:57 AM
Subject: Re: Renaming GWorkspace to Workspace
On 2006-09-22 14:28:50 +0300 Gürkan Sengün <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hello
Is there anyone against renaming the GWorkspace application to just
Workspace
?
I would welcome this rename.
Yours,
Guerkan
For me it's ok. But I can only change the name of the app to
"Workspace" and change "GWorkspace" with "Workspace" in NSWorkspace.m.
(I can't rename tons of classes and ivars that actually have the "GW"
prefix...).
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