Hi Maarten, This is a good question.
There is nothing in TESS that shows a potential naming conflict other than a result. That is, if you execute a search for all active entries, and a result comes up, odds are high that it would not be a good candidate. Or if you do see a result, be sure it is not software related in any way. You're right that "Apache Ki" would have been the official name if it stood, but the Incubator seemed to come to a consensus that we should change the name just in case. They felt it would be best to find a name with no overlap anywhere, just to be safe; they're trying to limit the possibility of anyone starting legal action contending for a name - they could not afford to deal with that if it ever surfaced. Cheers, Les On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Maarten Bosteels <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Les, > > Is there an entry in TESS that shows us the potential naming conflict ? > It could help us understand which names are good candidates. > > I don't quite understand the problem (IANAL). > My apologies if this has all been discussed before. > > As far as I understand, the name of the project is "Apache Ki" not just > "Ki", so I don't see any conflicts. > Same for "Apache JSecurity". I must be missing something here. > > All Apache project names I tried, generate several hits on TESS: James, > MINA, Cocoon, Maven, Cayenne > > Maarten > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Les Hazlewood <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks! >> >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:21 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> PANEKANA - apparently means security in Hawaiian. >>> No hits in TESS. >>> Google shows no hits relating to commercial enterprises. >>> >>> On 19/05/2009, Les Hazlewood <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi Apache Community. >>> > >>> > It seems as if our recently changed name of Apache Ki is not free from >>> > potential naming conflict problems, and we'll need to change our name >>> again. >>> > >>> > So, we're reaching out to everyone and anyone who would like to >>> contribute a >>> > new name to the suggestion pool. Here's how the process will work: >>> > >>> > 1. All new names will be accepted by anyone for 1 week. Starting now, >>> > ending 27 May 2009 Midnight GMT-8. >>> > 2. We'll present the compiled list of submitted names in a new email. >>> > Everyone will have 72 hours to vote on their favorite. >>> > 3. The top 5 names by vote count will be the finalists. >>> > 4. 72 more hours to vote to reduce the list to 2 final names. >>> > 5. 1 final 72 hour period to vote on one of these 2 names. The name >>> that >>> > wins by simple majority will be the new project name. >>> > >>> > Please ensure any name submission is free and clear to the best of >>> your >>> > knowledge from any Trademarks or Patents by performing a search [1]. >>> Also >>> > if you can get little or no results in Google and Yahoo, that would be >>> a >>> > great candidate too. >>> > >>> > Name submission starts NOW. >>> > >>> > We look forward to all name suggestions, and we appreciate anyone who >>> wishes >>> > to participate! >>> > >>> > Thanks so much, >>> > >>> > Les Hazlewood >>> > Apache JSecurity/Apache Ki/Apache ??? member >>> > >>> > [1] >>> http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4002:3c9s6h.1.1 >>> > >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >
