Am 12.07.2011 14:36, schrieb Marcus (OOo): > Am 07/12/2011 02:28 PM, schrieb Kai Ahrens: >> Am 12.07.2011 14:18, schrieb Marcus (OOo): >>> Am 07/12/2011 02:01 PM, schrieb Kai Ahrens: >>>> Am 12.07.2011 12:30, schrieb Marcus (OOo): >>>>> When the users actually do what they want to name the product and/or >>>>> project, IMHO then there is no need to change anything that you cannot >>>>> predict. Then we can stick with the known brand name and also avoid >>>>> any >>>>> legal problems with companies that use also "OpenOffice" as brand. >>>> >>>> I was just talking about using the .org or not. The full product name >>> >>> Yes, me too. >>> >>>> would be 'Apache Open Office' or 'Apache OpenOffice', of course. There >>>> won't be any legal issues with this product name as the brand name >>>> 'Oracle Open Office' has shown. >>>> >>>> For myself, I would go with 'Apache Open Office' instead of 'Apache >>>> OpenOffice', but this would need some more discussion. >>> >>> So, when the .org brand name is after 10 years well established why >>> should it be changed now? After all these mails I don't see a reason for >>> it. >> >> As said, I don't consider 'OpenOffice.org' (the product name) as an well >> established product name among our user base. The established name >> people use is 'Open Office'/'OpenOffice' and as such, this is a valid >> reason for me to change this part of the name to the name we planned to >> use in the beginning of the 'Open Office' project. > > OK, what was the reason you haven't done it in the beginning? ;-)
It was mentioned a few times already: using 'Open Office' alone wasn't/isn't (?) legally possible, so that someone had the 'famous' idea to use the IMO stupid name 'OpenOffice.org' for a product. We are now talking about using 'Apache Open Office', which is possible and makes a great product name, or to stay with the stupid OpenOffice.org product name. - Kai
