I'm not a board member. :)

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Craig L Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> -1 Do not change JSecurity's name
>
> We had the discussion in early December on the legal mailing list and no
> issues were raised contrary to Henri's comments. Henri is the only board
> member who commented on the JSecurity name during the discussion.
>
> We will have at least three more votes where additional issues regarding the
> name can be brought up:
>
> 1. The first release of JSecurity code from the incubator.
> 2. The graduation vote of JSecurity taken by the incubator PMC.
> 3. The acceptance of JSecurity by the Apache board after the incubator
> votes.
>
> Craig
>
>
> Dear JSecurity Team,
>
> There has been lengthy debate without consensus as to whether or JSecurity's
> name should be changed to something else.  So, there is need for a vote.
>
> Please vote on changing JSecurity's name to something else.  This is ONLY a
> vote of if we should change the name, NOT what any alternate name might be.
> I'd like to leave this vote open for 7 days instead of the usual 3 to
> account for time that people may not be able to respond due to the
> holidays.  Of course we can close the vote early if all binding votes are
> accounted for prior to the 7 day limit.
>
> The vote is open for the next 7 days and only votes from the JSecurity
> development team are binding.
>
> [ ] +1 Change JSecurity's name
> [ ] -1 Do not change JSecurity's name
>
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>
>> Given that it's a name you've been using for 4 years, and it's very
>> generic [jXxx being a common pattern in our space and Security being
>> very generic]; I'm inclined to keep the current name; though by the
>> same reasoning, it's a weak name as "Apache JSecurity" isn't very good
>> branding.
>>
>> My tuppence of opinion.
>>
>> Hen
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Les Hazlewood <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi ASF legal team,
>>>
>>> I'm writing this email in hopes of getting your feedback concerning a
>>> discussion we've been having on the JSecurity email list (an Incubator
>>> project).
>>>
>>> A few of our mentors have expressed concern that there might be a
>>> possible naming conflict with our project name (JSecurity) and some
>>> other references found through google and other search mechanisms.
>>>
>>> I'd like to point out that the JSecurity name, as an open source
>>> project identity has been around for almost 4 years now, with zero
>>> contact from any external entity claiming conflict with a proprietary
>>> name or product.  I know this isn't legal criteria for determining if
>>> there is a name conflict, but I surface it only to put some context of
>>> why the original JSecurity developers (and our well-established
>>> communities) think we should keep the JSecurity name.  There might be
>>> older references to this name, unrelated to our project, but we don't
>>> know for certain if they would constitute a risk in the name overlap.
>>>
>>> We'd like some feedback as to if the project name should be changed or
>>> not.
>>>
>>> Here is what one of our mentors summarized after doing some research:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> Now, looking a bit forward on google, here are some other references
>>> to JSecurity :
>>>
>>> http://jwicglobal.com/Knowledge.htm <http://jwicglobal.com/Knowledge.htm>
>>> "WIC GLOBAL has developed a comprehensive Information Security
>>> Assessment service called JSecurity. Our JSecurity experts will
>>> conduct a full information security risk assessment focusing on:"
>>>
>>> http://www.juniper.net/security/ <http://www.juniper.net/security/>
>>> Seems like they have a service called  J-Security. Be sure that
>>> Juniper has a legal service who might perfectly well send some nicely
>>> written "cease and desist" letter to the ASF about this name. Not sure
>>> that our legals want to deal with that ...
>>>
>>> http://www.jegers.com/dnn/Products/JPortfolio/tabid/83/Default.aspx
>>> <http://www.jegers.com/dnn/Products/JPortfolio/tabid/83/Default.aspx>
>>> Another JSecurity... Seems to be around since 2/11/2005 (at least)
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.powerlogic.com.br/powerportal/ecp/files.do?evento=download&urlArqPlc=fld_jc_produc_ing_web2.pdf
>>>
>>> <http://www.powerlogic.com.br/powerportal/ecp/files.do?evento=download&urlArqPlc=fld_jc_produc_ing_web2.pdf>
>>> This company has a product named JSecurity. Since when ?
>>>
>>> As much as I like the JSecurity name, I also think that we are un
>>> potential jeopardy if we don't change its name. That's the main issue
>>> we have : we can't afford any kind of legal action when we already
>>> know that there are company out there which already use this name.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I can be wrong, I'm just trying to gather as much information
>>> as possible. When you guys think you have set your mind about this
>>> name, you will have to go to [email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> with the selected name (be it JSecurity or
>>> any other) to double check that it's ok or not (IFAIK). That is one of
>>> the condition to exit from the incubator :
>>> "Check of project name for trademark issues "
>>>
>>> (http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Minimum+Graduation+Requirements
>>>
>>> <http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Minimum+Graduation+Requirements>).
>>>
>>> </snip>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your review and feedback!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Les
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Les Hazlewood <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Adam,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks _very_ much for such a detailed and thoughtful opinion.  I love
>>>> to see people who aren't necessarily code contributors contribute to
>>>> the project in other ways.  This is very valuable to us.
>>>>
>>>> I am in total agreement with your sentiments thus far.  It is my
>>>> opinion that the name we have is great as it is and I'd only like to
>>>> change the name if someone from legal puts pressure on us to do so.
>>>> IANAL, so I'd have to trust their judgment.  I'm going to post this to
>>>> legal in just a few minutes asking their feedback.  I'd like to hear
>>>> what they say regardless of what we end up doing - I'm genuinely
>>>> curious :)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again very much for chiming in.  Its nice to see that you (and
>>>> others) are taking continued interest in the project.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Les
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 6:28 PM, adamtaft <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not really a contributor to the JSecurity project yet (though I
>>>>> hope to
>>>>> be in the future).  However, this thread has caught my attention, and
>>>>> so I
>>>>> thought I'd give a couple of thoughts.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an interest, call it a hobby, in name related issues for
>>>>> software
>>>>> projects, open source included.  So, though I don't speak from any
>>>>> official
>>>>> background (I guess beyond a little professional), I would like to
>>>>> point out
>>>>> a few things about the name Alcatraz.
>>>>>
>>>>> First, as I believe has been mentioned, the term Alcatraz has been
>>>>> associated with other software products already.  So, this is bad news
>>>>> with
>>>>> regards to trademark related issues.  Just because its a geographic
>>>>> location
>>>>> doesn't mean that it can't be trademarked.  Thus, likely these other
>>>>> software products are going to have problems with any related use of
>>>>> the
>>>>> term Alcatraz.
>>>>>
>>>>> Second, the connotation for JSecurity implies that the product is used
>>>>> to
>>>>> keep people out of the protected system.  This is what the term
>>>>> "security"
>>>>> implies, right?  Alcatraz is a prison.  It was NOT meant to keep people
>>>>> out,
>>>>> it was meant to keep people in.  The use is only quasi-related, and
>>>>> even
>>>>> confusing, for a product with your feature set.  Alcatraz software
>>>>> would be
>>>>> a better name for a product which keeps workstation/network users
>>>>> constrained in their internet use, like a firewall, or a web proxy, for
>>>>> example.  Or a child internet monitoring product.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't underestimate the importance of this point.  The name of a
>>>>> software
>>>>> should ideally be somewhat self describing, especially when starting
>>>>> out.
>>>>> Until the name becomes a core brand, having a self describing name can
>>>>> make
>>>>> a big difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Third, I don't think you can underestimate how important it is that
>>>>> people
>>>>> can search the name of your product and find it through Google (and
>>>>> friends).  Clearly the term Alcatraz has a huge number of unrelated
>>>>> hits,
>>>>> and you would clearly be lost any search engine placement with the
>>>>> name.
>>>>> Much better to have a name for your software that is the only known
>>>>> reference so that people can easily find you after having hear the
>>>>> name.
>>>>> This is why so many companies go crazy and conjure completely strange
>>>>> and
>>>>> nonsensical product names.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fourth, Alcatraz is a relatively difficult name to spell, which again
>>>>> becomes problematic for the above search recognition reasons.
>>>>>  Alkitraz?
>>>>> Some people simply won't know how to spell it immediately (though this
>>>>> is a
>>>>> minor point, admittedly).
>>>>>
>>>>> Fifth, it seems like you're making preparations for something that you
>>>>> don't
>>>>> even know to be a problem.  Yes, the Apache legal team should be
>>>>> consulted.
>>>>> However, it seems like jumping the gun to just start changing package
>>>>> names
>>>>> with anticipation of a name change.  You would be crazy to start
>>>>> renaming
>>>>> packages based on some unknown possibility that it has to happen in the
>>>>> future.  What value does this add to the software?
>>>>>
>>>>> Following the sigma-six and/or extreme programming world view, you
>>>>> shouldn't
>>>>> be making any change to your software until the change is actually
>>>>> required
>>>>> and value is added.  Do you have a pending lawsuit?  Has the Apache
>>>>> council
>>>>> suggested the change?  Are you being blocked by the incubation process?
>>>>>  Why
>>>>> even consider a change until it needs to be done.  Energy could be
>>>>> better
>>>>> spent on other matters.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it's a trivial thing to refactor a project from Eclipse.  But,
>>>>> that's
>>>>> only a very small part of the bigger issue.  Disruption, confusion,
>>>>> support,
>>>>> search engine optimization, etc. are what needs to be thought about
>>>>> when
>>>>> changing the name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Further, what if you decide to change the name to Alcatraz, and then
>>>>> get
>>>>> pressure from another software group?  Ouch, time to rename the project
>>>>> yet
>>>>> again.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you all are better just letting this thing ride until something
>>>>> real
>>>>> convicting suggests you need a change.  JSecurity is a great product
>>>>> name
>>>>> which you should stick with until otherwise needed.  And, if that day
>>>>> comes,
>>>>> Alcatraz is just simply the wrong name, in my humble opinion, for all
>>>>> the
>>>>> reasons mentioned above.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 30, 2008, at 2:32 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Nov 26, 2008, at 9:51 AM, Les Hazlewood wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Post to [email protected], ask them, but give them the names we
>>>>>>>>>>> have googled
>>>>>>>>>>> too.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think this needs to be vetted, so I'm happy to post to
>>>>>>>>>> legal-discuss.  But, I can't easily find the thread with the
>>>>>>>>>> googled
>>>>>>>>>> names.  Could you please forward them on so I can post them to the
>>>>>>>>>> legal team?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Let me suggest this.  It seems to me that that alcatraz is the
>>>>>>>>> clear
>>>>>>>>> favorite, after jsecurity.  Let's start setting up the 1.0 packages
>>>>>>>>> to be alcatraz and when/if we get the go-ahead from legal and the
>>>>>>>>> Incubator PMC we can change the packages to be jsecurity.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, I think then it's better to stick with JSecurity (because it's
>>>>>>>> already the name we use), ask to Legal, and move to alcatraz if
>>>>>>>> needed (or any other name).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So the first step, IMHO, is to ask Legal about the Jsecurity name
>>>>>>>> (with all the infos we have already found about it), and also ask
>>>>>>>> them in the same mail if Alcatraz is ok or not (same here : add some
>>>>>>>> more infos related to this name, assuming that being a geographical
>>>>>>>> location, it should not be such a problem).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Legal is not a clearing house for project names.  They can only give
>>>>>>> advice if there's a potential conflict, i.e. JSecurity.  So far as I
>>>>>>> can tell, there is none for alcatraz.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What I'm worried about is that the vetting effort for the JSecurity
>>>>>>> name will have the same track record as the v0.9 release.  If we
>>>>>>> start
>>>>>>> with alcatraz then we have one less thing impeding our incubation
>>>>>>> process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's start with Alcratraz then, and we have quit some time to do some
>>>>>> vetting before 1.0 (hopefully when the project exits from incubator).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So my +1 for alcatraz and +1 for doing the renaming now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> cordialement, regards,
>>>>>> Emmanuel Lécharny
>>>>>> www.iktek.com
>>>>>> directory.apache.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> View this message in context:
>>>>> http://n2.nabble.com/JSecurity%27s-new-name-tp1569003p1601248.html
>>>>> Sent from the JSecurity Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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