The time frame for submitting suggestions has ended. I'll post the compiled list of all suggestions soon. At that time, we start the voting process for the top five names. After they're received, there will be one final vote between the top two names. The one with a simple majority will be the new name.
Cheers, Les On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Erik Beeson <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the status of the renaming? > --Erik > > > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:20 PM, David Crossley <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > > > > > > Scroll back through the original thread. The point not collisions. > > > I have a really good chance of getting away with the software project > > > "Apache Kleenex" because the Kleenex registration refers to a paper > > > product, not a software product. > > > > > > But it does not matter that your software product only shares part of a > > name > > > with another software product, or that the two types of software do > > entirely > > > different thing. The question is always one of confusion (deliberate > or > > > otherwise). > > > > Very good point Bill. We should expand item 3 in the list [1]. > > > > Jsecurity people, that is a set of guidelines that i created > > by scouring the relevant Apache mail archives on this topic. > > Perhaps it will help. > > > > [1] Choosing names for ASF projects > > http://www.apache.org/dev/project-names.html > > > > -David > > >
