Dear Incubator Members, I hope this message finds you well. We've noticed
discussions about the project name and would love to spread our voice
here. We've
used "Answer" since the project's inception, and have attached to it over
the past year. Some of our users are also very familiar with this
name. According
to feedback from the Apache trademarks team: 'It is possible to use such a
name on the understanding that obtaining a trademark for it is likely to be
a more difficult (and longer) process.' We understand it may be a longer
process, but we believe using "Answer" shouldn't pose significant
issues. Therefore,
we propose that we maintain "Answer" as the project name during the current
voting phase. The name 'Answer' is currently not trademarked, and we will
assist ASF in registering the trademark in the future. Additionally, we
want to clarify that, as of now, we haven't developed any commercial
products or online services under the "Answer" project name. Once again,
thank you for your discussions and interest in the project. Best Regards,
Anne
Sheng Wu 于2023年9月29日周五 18:16写道：
> I think it is good to go.
>
> Sheng Wu 吴晟
>
> Apache SkyWalking
> Twitter, wusheng1108
>
>
> tison 于2023年9月29日 周五15:48写道：
>
> > This proposal should be good to go :D
> >
> > Best,
> > tison.
> >
> >
> > Willem Jiang 于2023年9月28日周四 18:34写道：
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > After talking with the Answer development team about the brand name
> > > issue, there is some feedback from the team.
> > > They still want to use the answer as the project name, and they don't
> > > plan to provide commercial products or online services based on this
> > > project so far.
> > >
> > > Please let me know if there are any other concerns about this project.
> > > I will start a vote next week if there are no other objections.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Willem Jiang
> > >
> > > Twitter: willemjiang
> > > Weibo: 姜宁willem
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:14 PM tison wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > About the project name and trademark, according to the trademarks@
> > > reply,
> > > >
> > > > > It is possible to use such a name on the understanding that
> > obtaining a
> > > > > trademark for it is likely to be a more difficult (and longer)
> > process.
> > > >
> > > > So it's viable and I also inform the initial committers to think of
> the
> > > > pros and cons.
> > > >
> > > > Let's say we don't have a blocker here but potential trade-offs.
> Apache
> > > > Arrow can be
> > > > a compare whose name is also a common word, and the community built
> up
> > > the
> > > > brand recognition so the name is associated with the project.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > tison.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Willem Jiang 于2023年9月21日周四 23:00写道：
> > > >
> > > > > Hi PJ,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the reply, I will talk to the team and find out if we
> can
> > > > > figure out a better name for it.
> > > > > I raised the same question when I first heard about the name, but
> > it's
> > > > > hard for the team to give up the product word they already have
> > > > > without a solid objection.
> > > > >
> > > > > Willem Jiang
> > > > >
> > > > > Twitter: willemjiang
> > > > > Weibo: 姜宁willem
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 9:36 PM PJ Fanning
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For me, Answer is a problematic name. We're trying to move away
> > from
> > > > > > relying on the Apache brand name so project names ideally should
> > work
> > > > > > with or without the Apache name. Answer does not work as a brand
> on
> > > > > > its own, it depends on being Apache Answer to make it seem like a
> > > > > > brand. I'm not saying that we should stop calling our projects
> > Apache
> > > > > > XYZ yet but I just think the XYZ needs to work as a standalone
> > > project
> > > > > > name too. Even something like 'Answer Platform' and 'Apache
> Answer
> > > > > > Platform' might make the name more specific. Imagine trying to
> > search
> > > > > > online for 'Answer'. There are more than 14 billion matches on
> > > Google.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 21 Sept 2023 at 13:51, Sheng Wu <
> wu.sheng.841...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have a question for the mentors, do you check whether this
> > > general
> > > > > > > word, `Answer` is an acceptable project name for the
> foundation?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sheng Wu 吴晟
> > > > > > > Twitter, wusheng1108
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jean-Baptiste Onofré 于2023年9月21日周四 20:39写道：
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It looks interesting at first glance. I will do a new pass on
> > the
> > > > > > > > proposal (in more details).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > > > JB
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM Willem Jiang <
> > > willem.ji...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We want to propose Answer as a new Apache Incubator
>
