To be hornest, I think renaming it would help us shorten the artifact names so after thinkin more on it I think it would make sense to cut of the prefix
Bye Norman 2010/2/6, Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]>: > Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Norman Maurer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think it was Robert who sugguest it in the past >>> >>> Anyway I would be happy without the prefix too. >>> >>> So +0 >> >> the reasoning behind the prefix goes like this. apache mime4j is the >> trademark. anyone can produce another jar and call it mime4j. if >> someone produces an apache-mime4j jar with nefarious or substandard >> contents then apache is in a stronger position. >> >> but i don't think this has been written in stone and dates back to the >> misty old days. if people prefer just mime4j then ask on legal discuss >> for a definitive modern ruling. >> >> - robert >> > > Robert et al > > I cant think of any project other than James that makes use of such > naming convention, but I guess it is more important that things stay > consistent within the same project. > > Forget my suggestion > > Oleg >
