Hi Carl, On Jul 24, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Carl Trieloff wrote:
The synapse ones are clearly software though... At this point I am not trying to argue to use or non-use of a name. Just understand how does Apache deals with this.
The way Apache "deals with this" is that you get advice from lots of people who have been through a lot of the issues you're going through, and some of the advice is spot on and some is less valuable, and it's up to the project to decide what to do. Once it decides, if the decision is contentious, there is a vote, and many of the people who gave you advice get to vote.
What I've seen here is several comments that in summary say "It looks to me like Blaze is a problematic name for a Web project". It's now up to you (the project) to decide whether to ignore that advice and push through the name, or take the advice and come up with a different name.
If you ignore the advice, you will probably need to write up why you think the other Blaze trademark holders in the world will ignore the Apache project. And you might ask for a formal review and legal opinion on [EMAIL PROTECTED] But since many of the people who have complained are actually in a voting position to block the proposal, and people hate to waste time on escalation of issues, I'd advise you to carefully consider whether you want to try to continue with the problematic name.
Craig Craig Russell Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo 408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
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