> I will just wait and see how it goes until either I get a better name > for it or Sun says something. > Is this a bad attitude?
not necessarily. But as far as I know the lawyers, they would argue that *I* said something... In any case, Sun doesn't have a history of suing. And don't get me wrong, I like your name. But as far as I can tell, you are "violating" their trademark. Maybe just make it "YongSound" or "YoonSound"? Regards, Florian PS: btw, for me the best place to discuss Java Sound is the javasound-interest mailing list: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/list.html PPS: IANAL (I am not a lawyer) > > Regards, > Yong > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Florian Bomers" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> YavaSound is very similar to the original name, in some languages >> it will even sound the same as JavaSound (e.g. in German), so in >> order to be on safe side, legally, I'd recommend to name it >> differently though. >> >> Also, your name is not very descriptive. Maybe a name that >> includes or references somehow "PortAudio" will tell people >> already from the name what it will do. Or a fantasy name... > > > -- Florian Bomers Bome Software ------------------------------------------------------- Music Software, Development Tools: http://www.bome.com Java Sound extensions, plugins: http://www.tritonus.org The Java Sound Resources: http://www.jsresources.org ------------------------------------------------------- Please quote this email in your reply. Thanks!
