Hello, On 19.09.2013 10:53, David Barth wrote: > Rightfully so, you noted in the review process that a similar > app/wrapper existed. And I feel that this manual control provision is > what should safeguard the store.
While being clear and fair and having unique names sound like a good idea, I can see a lot of devils in the details. Let's say somebody uploads an relatively simple "Solitaire" to the store very early on and goes AWOL. Now a more active solitaire hacker comes up who produces a much nicer app. How will they have to name their app? Will we drop the old one? Will "Solitaire" and "SOLITAIRE" be the same thing? What about "★ Solitaire ★"? What would the decision making process of the reviewer be like? What will we suggest to app developers? Will this scale once we have lots and lots apps coming in? >> I think we should have a mechanism to block out trademarked names upon >> request and proof of ownership, and let the rest sort itself out by >> user ratings & reviews (may the best solitaire win!). Otherwise we'll >> have a gold rush to scoop up popular app names, and I don't think >> that'll benefit anyone. > I think the Developer Programme Agreement already contains the > provisions to request and enforce sound practices. You may want to add > more checks and automation to the review process, but that's another > question. I'm not quite sure which checks based on the app name we could implement. Do you have any suggestions? > So in summary, I fell that you are right to consider the review process > as the main mechanism to safeguard the content of the click store. > Technically enforcing app name unicity would not a silver bullet. One thing we could do, in an attempt to provide a bit more transparency to the user, would be to display the use of non-default namespaces (com.twitter, com.facebook, etc.) in the app details somewhere. So "owners" of the trademark/company/product would stand out a bit more. Have a great day, Daniel -- Get involved in Ubuntu development! developer.ubuntu.com/packaging Follow @ubuntudev on identi.ca/twitter.com/facebook.com/G+ -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers Post to : ubuntu-appstore-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
