There as well existed an open source project called Howl in 2005 or so which implemented Zeroconf (Apple calls the commercial incarnation Bonjour).
See: http://www.porchdogsoft.com/ -> About Howl is available in the FreeBSD ports collection and on SF.NET -> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/howl/pkg-descr -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/howl/ Cheers Daniel On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Roy T. Fielding <field...@gbiv.com> wrote: > On Mar 9, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Alan Gates wrote: > >> Some context here for you. Howl is a project that was recently accepted to >> the Incubator. It is a proposed new component in the Hadoop eco system. >> There is significant concern in the Incubator that this will clash with the >> name of the Howl OW2 project (http://howl.ow2.org/) and thus cause Apache >> legal troubles. The relevant email threads can be seen at >> http://tinyurl.com/5w7y9p9 and http://tinyurl.com/4t7jjt9. As can be seen >> in the email threads some are concerned about legal issue while some feel >> that the use of the name is acceptable. >> >> There is interest in the team proposing Howl to keep the name since the name >> has already been in use for 9 months in the Hadoop, Pig, and Hive >> communities (without confusion or legal issues I might add). However, we >> would like to get legal's input on whether using Howl for this project name >> presents a risk for Apache. Thanks. > > It isn't just a legal issue. Generally speaking, it is rude to use a > product name for an open source project when that name is already in > use by another open source project (and in this case has been in use > since 2004). What's more, their use of the name actually makes sense. > We try not to be rude to OW, and they try not to be rude to us. > > So, the answer from this board member is no, you will not be allowed > to use that name at Apache. Even if the incubator accepted it, the > board would insist on a change later on because it isn't a nice thing > to do to others. 9 months discussion in Hadoop/Pig/Hive is irrelevant > when compared to seven years of actual product releases by that other > project. > > ....Roy > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
